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Demonic warfare : Daoism, territorial networks, and the history of a Ming novel / Mark R.E. Meulenbeld.

By: Publisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2015]Description: 1 online resource (ix, 273 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780824838454
  • 0824838459
  • 9780824869458
  • 0824869451
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Demonic warfare.DDC classification:
  • 895.13/4609 23
LOC classification:
  • PL2436 .M39 2015
Other classification:
  • 895.13/4609
  • BE 8242
  • EG 9585
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: Novels and the work of the Gods -- Invention of the novel: from stage act and temple ritual to literary text -- King Wu's sacred history: the conquest of inimical gods -- Demonic warfare during the Yuan: thunder ritual, unruly spirits, and local militias -- Demonic warfare during the Ming: the emperor and his Daoist warriors -- The order of the Ming novel: hierarchies of spirits and gods -- Conclusion: From local ritual to literature of canonization.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-266) and index.

Online resource; title from e-book title screen (JSTOR platform, viewed February 12, 2016).

Introduction: Novels and the work of the Gods -- Invention of the novel: from stage act and temple ritual to literary text -- King Wu's sacred history: the conquest of inimical gods -- Demonic warfare during the Yuan: thunder ritual, unruly spirits, and local militias -- Demonic warfare during the Ming: the emperor and his Daoist warriors -- The order of the Ming novel: hierarchies of spirits and gods -- Conclusion: From local ritual to literature of canonization.

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