[PDF.11xr] Paper Swordsmen: Jin Yong And the Modern Chinese Martial Arts Novel

Paper Swordsmen: Jin Yong And the Modern Chinese Martial Arts Novel

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 | #1459897 in Books |  Univ of Hawaii Pr |  2004-11-30 |  2004-11-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.94 x.94 x7.84l,1.26 | File type: PDF | 360 pages

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||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Crucial book for all students of martial arts films and fiction|By David Chute|Prof. Hamm has researched the history of the genre to a depth that has not even occurred to other scholars. The chapter "Local Heroes," especially, is a revelation, outlining the history in Triad foundational mythology, oral folklore and pulp fiction of the supposedly historical tales of the South Sh| |"Paper Swordsmen is by far the best treatment in a Western language of a long-neglected topic in Chinese popular culture. Primal notions of bravery, health, cultivation, skill, justice, loyalty, and romantic love are at the core of martial arts fiction. In the

The martial arts novel is one of the most distinctive and widely-read forms of modern Chinese fiction. In Paper Swordsmen, John Christopher Hamm offers the first in-depth English-language study of this fascinating and influential genre, focusing on the work of its undisputed twentieth-century master, Jin Yong.

Through close readings of Jin Yong’s recognized masterpieces, Hamm shows how these works combine a rich literary tradition with an extraordi...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.Paper Swordsmen: Jin Yong And the Modern Chinese Martial Arts Novel   |  Christopher Hamm. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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