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South of the Clouds: Tales from Yunnan (McLellan Endowed Series xx) by
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- ISBN
- 9780295973487
- Book Title
- South of the Clouds : Tales from Yunnan
- Item Length
- 9.8in
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Publication Year
- 1994
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Genre
- History, Literary Collections, Fiction
- Topic
- Asian / General, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Asia / China
- Item Width
- 5.9in
- Item Weight
- 18.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 342 Pages
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The tales included here represent all of Yunnan Province?s officially designated ethnic minorities, and include creation myths, romances, historical legends, tales explaining natural phenomena, ghost stories, and festival tales. The tales are peopled by memorable characters, such as the Tibetan mother who, reborn as a cow, comforts and helps her daughter into her harsh life as a slave girl; the two Kucong sisters who marry snakes; and the bodiless Lahu ?head-baby? who grows up to win one of the earth-god Poyana?s daughters in marriage. Chosen for their representativeness, aesthetic appeal, and variety, the stories provide rich examples of the folk traditions of Southwest China. South of the Clouds includes introductions and an appendix which describe the places and people of Yunnan, analyzethe literary and psychological characteristics of their stories, give the sources of the tales, and explain the methodolgy of collecting folk literature in China.
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Publisher
University of Washington Press
ISBN-10
029597348x
ISBN-13
9780295973487
eBay Product ID (ePID)
18038305830
Product Key Features
Book Title
South of the Clouds : Tales from Yunnan
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Asian / General, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Asia / China
Publication Year
1994
Genre
History, Literary Collections, Fiction
Number of Pages
342 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.8in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
18.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Mb
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College Graduate Student
Reviews
"A wonderfully entertaining book...The exotic loveliness of the Yunnan landscape comes through very clearly in the details of clear waters sunlit hillsides, bamboos and banyans and eucalyptus. Universal folklore motifs abound, but are given new twists of imagination and wit. There are moments of great beauty, others of earthy comedy, others of considerable pathos." Cyril Birch, editor ofAnthology of Chinese Literature"The translation is outstanding. I know of no translation of Chinese folk literature that can rival it." David Knechtges, editor and translator ofWen Xuan, or Selections from Refined Literature
Copyright Date
1995
Lccn
93-036563
Dewey Decimal
398.2/0951/35
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
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