Ch'eng-en, W. and Lovell, Julia (2022) Monkey king: journey to the West. Penguin Classics. London, UK: Penguin. ISBN 9780241457399.
Abstract
Book synopsis: Monkey King was written anonymously during the Ming dynasty and is most commonly attributed to Wu Cheng'en, the son of a silk-shop clerk from east China. It recounts a Tang-dynasty monk's quest for Buddhist scriptures in the 7th century AD, accompanied by an omni-talented kung-fu Monkey King called Sun Wukong, one of the most memorable characters in all of literature. Comparable to The Canterbury Tales or Don Quixote, the tale is at once a comic adventure story, a humorous satire of Chinese bureaucracy, a spring of spiritual insight, and an extended allegory in which the group of pilgrims journeys towards enlightenment.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Additional Information: | Julia Lovell is the translator of this book. |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Historical Studies |
| Depositing User: | Julia Lovell |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Mar 2022 19:34 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 18:15 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/47732 |
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