The Sword Or the Needle
Author | : Roland Altenburger |
Publisher | : Peter Lang |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2009 |
ISBN-10 | : 3034300360 |
ISBN-13 | : 9783034300360 |
Rating | : 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Sword Or the Needle written by Roland Altenburger and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2009 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on narratives about female knights-errant (xia) along thematic lines in Chinese literacy history, this text provides an overview of the narrative subgenre, the literary representation of gender and the particularities of the Chinese knight-errantry narrative.