List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Mid- and Late Tang Dynasty
2. The Northern Song Dynasty (960–1127)
3. The Southern Song Dynasty (1127–1279)
4. The Yuan Dynasty (1279–1368)
Conclusion
Notes
Chinese Character Glossary
Works Cited
Index
Alister D. Inglis is Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Simmons University. He is the author of Hong Mai's Record of the Listener and Its Song Dynasty Context (also published by SUNY Press) and the translator of several books, including The Drunken Man's Talk: Tales from Medieval China, compiled by Luo Ye.
"[Inglis] fills an important gap in that previous studies have
tended to treat the Tang and later imperial romances separately,
but skip this period, which is important not only for its intrinsic
interest but also for the debt that later romances owe to the
stories from the Tang onward … The book is densely detailed, with
rich references to the primary sources, which Professor Inglis has
mastered after many years of study." — NAN Nü
"This book represents a major contribution to the field of
traditional (or premodern) Chinese narrative. More specifically, it
is the first genre-based literary history of the love story from
the Tang (618–907) through the Yuan (1279–1368) dynasties. Modern
criticism of the love stories dating from these periods is
seriously lacking in proper attention and substance, but Inglis
demonstrates that they constitute a rich and fascinating literary
genre that tell us much about human relations in general, and love
relationships in particular." — James M. Hargett, author of
Stairway to Heaven: A Journey to the Summit of Mount Emei
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