{"product_id":"between-history-and-philosophy-anecdotes-in-early-china-paperback","title":"Between History and Philosophy: Anecdotes in Early China - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Van Els\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSarah A. Queen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnalyzes the use of anecdotes as an essential rhetorical tool and form of persuasion in various literary genres in early China.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetween History and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book-length study in English to focus on the rhetorical functions and forms of anecdotal narratives in early China. Edited by Paul van Els and Sarah A. Queen, this volume advances the thesis that anecdotes-brief, freestanding accounts of single events involving historical figures, and occasionally also unnamed persons, animals, objects, or abstractions-served as an essential tool of persuasion and meaning-making within larger texts. Contributors to the volume analyze the use of anecdotes from the Warring States Period to the Han Dynasty, including their relations to other types of narrative, their circulation and reception, and their central position as a mode of argumentation in a variety of historical and philosophical literary genres.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul van Els \u003c\/b\u003eis University Lecturer of China Studies at Leiden University, the Netherlands, and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e Wenzi\u003ci\u003e: Creation, Manipulation, and Reception of a Chinese Philosophical Text\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eSarah A. Queen \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of History at Connecticut College and the coeditor (with Michael Puett) of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e Huainanzi \u003ci\u003eand Textual Production in Early China\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 386\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 02, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52637657596211,"sku":"9781438466125","price":73.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/QOxEQCmyYZ9781438466125.webp?v=1762296790","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/between-history-and-philosophy-anecdotes-in-early-china-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}