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The White Snake and Her Son
Language: en
Pages: 202
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Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-09-01 - Publisher: Hackett Publishing

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A cornerstone of Chinese popular culture, the legend of the White Snake--the admirable demon who loves her victim--has been continually rewritten, reinterpreted
The Global White Snake
Language: en
Pages: 403
Authors: Liang Luo
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-08-09 - Publisher: University of Michigan Press

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Tracing the history and adaptation of one of China's foundational texts
The White Snake
Language: en
Pages: 146
Authors: Mary Zimmerman
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher:

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Based on an ancient Chinese legend in which a snake spirit transforms herself into a beautiful woman in order to experience the human world.
Meng Jiangnü Brings Down the Great Wall
Language: en
Pages: 316
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Meng Jiangnü Brings Down the Great Wall brings together ten versions of a popular Chinese legend that has intrigued readers and listeners for hundreds of years
Mulan
Language: en
Pages: 172
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Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-09-14 - Publisher: Hackett Publishing

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The legend of Mulan--the daughter who disguises herself as a man, dons her father's armor, and heads off to war in his place--remains one of the most popular Ch