The Discourse on Fox and Ghosts
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.76 (685 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0824820517 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 351 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Chan is lecturer at Lingnan College, Hong Kong
"Helpfull" according to Russell. Harder to understand, but has lots of usefull information. The Ghost and Spirit fox are grate stories. I helps to know where thay came form.
The focus is on Ji Yun's (1724-1805) Random Jottings at the Cottage of Close Scrutiny (Yuewei caotang biji), but extensive reference is also made to other collections published at about the same time and earlier works in the genre, from the Six Dynasties down to the Ming.. The Discourse on Foxes and Ghosts: Ji Yun and Eighteenth-Century Literal Storytelling takes as its subject the eighteenth-century zhiguai (stories of the strange)
About the Author Chan is lecturer at Lingnan College, Hong Kong