The Ghost of Liaozhai: Pu Songling's Ghostlore and Its History of Reception
This dissertation looks beyond the prevailing view of Pu Songling’s (1640-1715) Liaozhai zhiyi as an undisputed classic of Chinese literature, positing that much of the work’s cultural relevance and popular appeal derives from its status as “minor discourse” rooted in the tradition of the ghost tale...
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1807/17472 |