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Chinese Fables And Folk Stories
''Chinese Fables and Folk Stories'', a compilation of 37 tales, was billed as the first book of Chinese fables ever printed in English when it was published by American Book Company (1890), American Book Company in 1908. The co-authors were Mary Hayes Davis and Chow Leung. Widely reprinted today and also translated into French, ''Chinese Fables and Folk Stories'' has been noted as one of the most "reliable" works by Western scholars on Chinese folktales published before 1937. Each tale in the book is accompanied by an illustration, attributed to unnamed "native" Chinese artists. Historical context Published in 1908, ''Chinese Fables and Folk Stories'' pre-dated the rise of Written vernacular Chinese, vernacular Chinese and the New Culture Movement in China. Until the 1920s, the very idea that oral narratives should be recorded and studied for their own sake had been unthinkable, due to the dominance of classical Chinese as the standard written language used by the Scholar-officia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Hayes Davis
Mary Hayes Davis (c. 1884 – May 18, 1948) was an American writer, a newspaper editor and publisher, and the owner of several movie theaters. She is best known as the co-author of '' Chinese Fables and Folk Stories,'' which she wrote with Reverend Chow Leung, while based in Chicago. Published in 1908 and widely reprinted today, the compilation claimed to be “the first book of Chinese stories ever printed in English”. Between 1908 and 1912, Davis collected Native American folk tales from the Pima and Apache tribes in Oklahoma and Arizona, for a book she never completed. In the early 1920s, Davis moved to southwest Florida, where she published ''The'' ''Hendry County News,'' and later owned and operated a chain of seven movie theaters. In 1926, ''The Tampa Tribune'' called Davis "the heroine of LaBelle" for her courageous reporting of the lynching of Henry Patterson, despite threats of further mob violence. In 1928, ''The Hendry County News'' received the Florida Newspaper Ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
