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Mouse vs. cat in Chinese literature : tales and commentary /
"Wilt Idema presents Chinese tales about cats and mice, situating them in the Chinese literary tradition as a whole, and within Chinese imaginative depictions of animals. In the literatures of the ancient and modern Near East, South Asia, and medieval Europe, animal fables exhibited a range of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press,
[2019]
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Haiyan Lee; Acknowledgments; Chronology of Dynasties and Historical Periods; Introduction; Chapter 1. Thieving Rats and Pampered Cats; Rapacious Rats; Deserving Mice; Performing Mice; Revered Rats; Wildcats and Pussycats; Buddhist Cats; Good Mousers and Lazy Pets; Demonic Cats; Cat Lovers and Cat Lore; Chapter 2. The White Mouse and the Five Rats; The White Mouse; The Five Rats; The Execution of the Five Rats; Chapter 3. A Wedding and a Court Case; The Marriage of the Mouse; The Court Case; Other Genres
- The Mutual Accusations of the Cat and the MouseThe Scroll of the Accusation of the Mouse against the Cat; Chapter 4. A Tale without Shape or Shadow; Expanding the Court Case; Prequels: Creation and Pride; Prequels: The Crashed Wedding; Prequels: The War of the Mice against the Cat; A Tale without Shape or Shadow; Chapter 5. Peace Negotiations and Dystopias; Actualized Versions of the Court Case; Modern and Contemporary Authors on Cats and Rats; Epilogue: Cats and Mice in Love and War from East to West; Glossary of Chinese Characters; Notes; Bibliography; Index