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Book Review

Die Reise in den Westen. Der Schlüssel zur “Reise in den Westen”.

Authors

  • Roland Altenburger Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25365/jeacs.2020.1.279-291

Keywords:

Journey to the West, Four classic novels, Ming novels, Wu Cheng’en, translation studies, 西遊記, 四大古典小說, 明代小說, 吳承恩, 翻譯研究, 翻譯評論

Abstract

Translation review: 

Die Reise in den Westen. Ein klassischer chinesischer Roman mit 100 Holzschnitten nach alten Ausgaben [The Journey to the West. A classic Chinese novel. With 100 wood-cuts from old editions]. Translated and commented by Eva Lüdi Kong

Der Schlüssel zur “Reise in den Westen”. Entstehung und Deutung des Romans [The Key to the Journey to the West. Origins and interpretation of the novel]. Translated and edited by Eva Lüdi Kong

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Yu, Anthony C., trans. and ed. 1977–1983 (rev. ed., 2013). The Journey to the West. 4 vols. Chicago and London: Chicago University Press.

Zhu Yixuan 朱一玄, ed. (1983) 2002. Xiyou ji ziliao huibian 西遊記資料匯編 (Compiled materials on The Journey to the West). Tianjin: Nankai daxue chubanshe.

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Altenburger, R. (2021). Book Review: Die Reise in den Westen. Der Schlüssel zur “Reise in den Westen” . The Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies, 1, 279–291. https://doi.org/10.25365/jeacs.2020.1.279-291

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