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Demonic warfare : Daoism, territorial networks, and the history of a Ming novel /

Revealing the fundamental continuities that exist between vernacular fiction and exorcist, martial rituals in the vernacular language, Mark Meulenbeld argues that a specific type of Daoist exorcism helped shape vernacular novels in the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Focusing on the once famous novel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Meulenbeld, Mark R. E., 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction: Novels and the work of the Gods
  • Invention of the novel: from stage act and temple ritual to literary text
  • King Wu's sacred history: the conquest of inimical gods
  • Demonic warfare during the Yuan: thunder ritual, unruly spirits, and local militias
  • Demonic warfare during the Ming: the emperor and his Daoist warriors
  • The order of the Ming novel: hierarchies of spirits and gods
  • Conclusion: From local ritual to literature of canonization.