Beyond Eroticism translates and analyzes over forty songs and ninety jokes from Child's Folly, a trilogy of popular songs (Hanging Twigs), folk songs (Hill Songs), and jokes (Treasury of Laughs) compiled by Feng Menglong (1574-1646), and giant in late Ming popular literature (1368-1644). Focusing on humor as the predominant characteristic of the "tactically forgotten" collections, the book offers a delightful study of the foibles, eccentricities, and anxieties of a broad cross section of late Ming society.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Notes on Conventions
Chapter 3 Prologue
Chapter 4 Historicizing the Humor of Child's Folly
Chapter 5 Feng Menglong and His World
Chapter 6 Hanging Twigs andHill Songs: The Triumph and Trial of Emotions and Desires
Chapter 7 Treasury of Laughs: Humorous Satire with a Philosophical Undertone
Chapter 8 Epilogue
Chapter 9 Bibliography
Chapter 10 Glossary of Chinese Characters
Chapter 11 Index
Chapter 12 About the Author
