Mouse vs. cat in Chinese literature : tales and commentary /

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Idema, W. L. (Wilt L.) (Translator), Lee, Haiyan (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Chinese literature > History and criticism.
Cats in literature.
Mice in literature.
Rats in literature.
Tales > China.
Fables, Chinese.
Littérature chinoise > Histoire et critique.
Chats dans la littérature.
Souris dans la littérature.
Rats dans la littérature.
Fables chinoises.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > General.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Asian > Chinese.
Cats in literature
Chinese literature
Fables, Chinese
Mice in literature
Rats in literature
Tales
China
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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