Popular songs in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century China form a rich and intriguing body of materials hardly studied so far in the English-speaking world. This book is about these songs and their impact on Chinese culture and literary practice. It examines the tapestry books in which popular songs circulated, how books shaped readers, how books were shaped by a range of litera...(展开全部)

基思·托马斯爵士（Sir Keith Thomas，1933— ），英国历史学家，代表作为《16和17世纪英格兰大众信仰研究》和《人类与自然世界》。曾任牛津大学基督圣体学院院长、牛津大学副校长、《牛津国家人物传记大辞典》顾问。1988年因对早期现代英国历史研究的贡献， 被女王授予骑士爵位。在知名历史刊物《今日历史》创刊六十周年的历史学家评选上，托马斯是仅有的被三位专家推选的史学大家。

Witchcraft, astrology, divination and every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, from the belief that a blessed amulet could prevent the assaults of the Devil to the use of the same charms to recover stolen goods. At the same time, the Protestant Reformation attempted to take the magic out of religion, and scientists were d...(展开全部)

Witchcraft, astrology, divination and every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, from the belief that a blessed amulet could prevent the assaults of the Devil to the use of the same charms to recover stolen goods. At the same time, the Protestant Reformation attempted to take the magic out of religion, and scientists were d...(展开全部)

A discharged official in mid-Ming China faced significant changes in his life. This book explores three such officials in the sixteenth century—Wang Jiusi, Kang Hai, and Li Kaixian—who turned to literary endeavors when forced to retire. Instead of the formal writing expected of scholar-officials, however, they chose to engage in the stigmatized genre of qu (songs), a collective...(展开全部)

A discharged official in mid-Ming China faced significant changes in his life. This book explores three such officials in the sixteenth century—Wang Jiusi, Kang Hai, and Li Kaixian—who turned to literary endeavors when forced to retire. Instead of the formal writing expected of scholar-officials, however, they chose to engage in the stigmatized genre of qu (songs), a collective...(展开全部)

塞尔日·格鲁金斯基，现就职于法国高等社会科学研究院，同时兼任法国国家研究中心历史研究员。格鲁金斯基多年来一直从事16-18世纪的拉丁美洲研究，从上世纪90年代以来，屡有力作问世，其中《征服墨西哥》、《墨西哥高原的上帝化身》与《阿兹特克：太阳与血的民族》等著在欧美学界均引发了广泛的学术讨论。学界比较知名的专业刊物如《美国历史评论》、《英国历史评论》、《历史与理论》、《拉丁美洲研究评论》等都对他的著作进行评论。