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Sound Rising from the Paper

- Nineteenth-Century Martial Arts Fiction and the Chinese Acoustic Imagination

About Sound Rising from the Paper

Chinese martial arts novels from the late nineteenth century are full of suggestive sounds. Characters curse in colorful dialect accents, and action scenes come to life with the loud clash of swords. Paize Keulemans examines the relationship between these novels and earlier storyteller manuscripts to explain the purpose and history of these sounds.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674417120
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 338
  • Published:
  • November 23, 2014
  • Dimensions:
  • 231x161x25 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 612 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 11, 2024

Description of Sound Rising from the Paper

Chinese martial arts novels from the late nineteenth century are full of suggestive sounds. Characters curse in colorful dialect accents, and action scenes come to life with the loud clash of swords. Paize Keulemans examines the relationship between these novels and earlier storyteller manuscripts to explain the purpose and history of these sounds.

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