The development of Chinese martial arts fiction /

"Chen Pingyuan is one of the leading scholars of modern Chinese literature, known particularly for his work on wuxia, a popular and influential genre of historical martial arts fiction still celebrated around the world today. This work, presented here in English translation for the first time,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chen, Pingyuan, 1954- (Author)
Other Authors: Peterson, Victor (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Series:Cambridge China library.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Wuxia novels and me
  • The Xiake dream of the literati through the ages
  • Haoxia stories of the Tang and Song dynasties
  • Xiayi novels of the Qing dynasty
  • Twentieth-century Wuxia novels
  • Carrying a sword and doing Xiake deeds
  • Sweet revenge
  • Feeling smug in Jianghu
  • Roving to the ends of the world
  • Wuxia novels as a literary genre.