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Fate and Prognostication in the Chinese Literary Imagination / Michael Lackner, Kwok-kan Tam, Monika Gänssbauer, Terry Siu Han Yip. - 1 online resource. - Prognostication in History; 4 Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004407343 . - Prognostication in History; 4. Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004407343. .

The essays collected in Fate and Prognostication in the Chinese Literary Imagination deal with the philosophical, psychological, gender and cultural issues in the Chinese conception of fate as represented in literary texts and films, with a focus placed on human efforts to solve the riddles of fate prediction. Viewed in this light, the collected essays unfold a meandering landscape of the popular imaginary in Chinese beliefs and customs. The chapters in this book represent concerted efforts in research originated from a project conducted at the International Consortium for Research in the Humanities at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. Contributors are Michael Lackner, Kwok-kan Tam, Monika Gaenssbauer, Terry Siu-han Yip, Xie Qun, Roland Altenburger, Jessica Tsui-yan Li, Kaby Wing-Sze Kung, Nicoletta Pesaro, Yan Xu-Lackner, and Anna Wing Bo Tso.

ISBN: 9789004427570 9789004427341

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789004427570 DOI

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Chinese literature.

LC Class. No.: PL2253

Dewey Class. No.: 895.109