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The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P´ing Mei, Volume Two: The Rivals

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Description for The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P´ing Mei, Volume Two: The Rivals Paperback. Provides an annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of His-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. Series: Princeton Library of Asian Translations. Num Pages: 720 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1060.
In this second of a planned five-volume series, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of His-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. This work, known primarily for its erotic realism, is also a landmark in the development of narrative art--not only from a specifically Chinese perspective but in a world-historical context. With the possible exception of The Tale of Genji (1010) and Don Quixote (1615), there is no ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
Princeton Library of Asian Translations
Condition
New
Number of Pages
720
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691126197
SKU
V9780691126197
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Roy
David Tod Roy is Professor Emeritus of Chinese Literature at the University of Chicago, where he has studied the "Chin P'ing Mei" and taught it in his classics for the last three decades.

Reviews for The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P´ing Mei, Volume Two: The Rivals
"[A] book of manners for the debauched. Its readers in the late Ming period likely hid it under their bedcovers."
Amy Tan, New York Times Book Review Praise for Volume 1: "[I]t is time to remind ourselves that The Plum in the Golden Vase is not just about sex, whether the numerous descriptions of sexual acts throughout the novel be viewed ... Read more

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