The Development of Chinese Martial Arts Fiction: A History of Wuxia Literature

by Chen Pingyuan, Michel Hockx (Introduction), Victor Peterson (Translator)

Overview

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, is considered to be the seminal work on the evolution, aesthetics and politics of the modern Chinese wuxia novel in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, tracing the resurgence of interest in classical chivalric tales in China.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781107069886
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	10/13/2016
Series:	The Cambridge China Library
Pages:	274
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.79(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: Wuxia novels and me; 1. The Xiake dream of the literati through the ages; 2. Haoxia stories of the Tang and Song dynasties; 3. Xiayi novels of the Qing dynasty; 4. Twentieth-century Wuxia novels; 5. Carrying a sword and doing Xiake deeds; 6. Sweet revenge; 7. The smiling proud Xiake; 8. Roving to the ends of the world; 9. Wuxia novels as a literary genre; Appendices; Select bibliography; Index.