The Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel: Ssu ta ch'i-shu

Andrew H. Plaks

The Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel: Ssu ta ch'i-shu
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Country
United States
Published
28 June 2016
Pages
612
ISBN
9780691653853

The Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel: Ssu ta ch'i-shu

Andrew H. Plaks

Andrew Plaks reinterprets the great texts of Chinese fiction known as the Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel (ssu ta ch'i-shu). Arguing that these are far more than collections of popular narratives, Professor Plaks shows that their fullest recensions represent a sophisticated new genre of Chinese prose fiction arising in the late Ming dynasty, e

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