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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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaiʻi Press,
[2015]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.