Falling in Love: Stories from Ming China (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Falling in Love Falling in love, with all its accompanying problems, was a subject of obsessive interest among writers and readers in the Ming Dynasty, when society held strictly to arranged marriages. The stories in this engaging collection all deal with this theme in very different ways, sometimes comically, sometimes tragically. They portray young people choosing their own lovers, resorting to ingenious strata...
Full description- Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
- Published: 15 August 2006
- Format: Paperback 288 pages
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- Categories: Anthologies (non-poetry) | Literary Studies: General | Classics
- ISBN 13: 9780824829957 ISBN 10: 0824829956
Full description for Falling in Love
Falling in love, with all its accompanying problems, was a subject of obsessive interest among writers and readers in the Ming Dynasty, when society held strictly to arranged marriages. The stories in this engaging collection all deal with this theme in very different ways, sometimes comically, sometimes tragically. They portray young people choosing their own lovers, resorting to ingenious stratagems and risky escapades in defiance of contemporary mores. Chosen to represent the best works from the great age of the vernacular story, they offer an admirable introduction to the world of Chinese fiction in this era.All of the stories in
