CHAPTER ONE. The Writer’s Life

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Notes on Conventions ix
5. Introduction 1
6. CHAPTER ONE. The Writer’s Life 16
7. CHAPTER TWO. Xiang Kairan’s Monkeys 32
8. CHAPTER THREE. Thematic Subgenre 66
9. CHAPTER FOUR. Form and Medium 96
10. CHAPTER FIVE. Marvelous Gallants of the Rivers and Lakes 135
11. CHAPTER SIX. Chivalric Heroes of Modern Times 176
12. Conclusion. The Unworthy Scholar from Pingjiang 220
13. Notes 231
14. Bibliography 265
15. Index 283