The cloak of dreams: Chinese fairy tales

167 Pages·2010·1.857 MB·English

by  Zipes, Jack;Balázs, Béla

The Cloak of Dreams
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ODDLY MODERN FAIRY TALES
Jack Zipes, Series Editor
Kurt Schwitters | Lucky Hans and Other Merz Faiy Tales
Béla Balázs | The Cloak of Dreams: Chinese Fairy Tales
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The Cloak of Dreams
CHINESE FAIRY TALES
Béla Balázs
Translated and
Introduced by
Jack Zipes
Illustrated by
Mariette Lydis
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A portion of this book was first published in German
under the title Der Mantel der Träume by Bischoff in 1922.
Illustrations are reproduced from Béla Balázs, Il libro delle
meraviglie, edited and translated by Marinella D’Alessandro.
Rome: Edizione e/o, 1994.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Balázs, Béla, 1884–1949.
[Mantel der Träume. English.]
The cloak of dreams: Chinese fairy tales / Béla Balázs,
translated and introduced by Jack Zipes, illustrated by
Mariette Lydis.
p. cm. (Oddly modern fairy tales)
“A portion of this book was first published in German
under the title Der Mantel der Träume by Bischoff in 1922.”
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Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-691-14711-6 (hardcover: alk. paper)
1. Tales—China. 2. Fairy tales—China. I. Zipes, Jack,
1937–II. Title.
GR335.B355 2010
398.20951—dc22
2009047839
British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available
This book has been composed in Adobe Jenson with Myriad
and Elli display.
Printed on acid-free paper. ∞
Printed in the United States of America
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For Carol,
who’s taught me that the
inspired man is the discerning man
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Béla Balázs, the Homeless Wanderer, or, The Man Who
Sought to Become One with the World
A Note on the Mysterious Illustrator Mariette Lydis
THE CLOAK OF DREAMS
1 The Cloak of Dreams
Der Mantel der Träume
2 Li-Tai-Pe and the Thief
Li-Tai-Pe und der Dieb
3 The Parasols
Die Sonnenschirme
4 The Clumsy God
Der ungeschickte Gott
5 The Opium Smokers
Die Opiumraucher
6 The flea
Der Floh
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7 The Old Child
Das alte Kind
8 The robbers of Divine Power
Die Gottesräuber
9 Li-Tai-Pe and Springtime
Li-Tai-Pe und der Frühling
10 The Ancestors
Die Ahnen
11 The Moon fish
Der Mondfisch
12 The friends
Die Freunde
13 The revenge of the Chestnut Tree
Die Rache des Kastanienbaumes
14 Tearful Gaze
Tränenblick
15 The Clay Child
Das Lehmkind
16 The Victor
Der Sieger
Appendix A | A Beautiful Book by Thomas Mann
Appendix B | The Book of Wan Hu-Chen by Béla Balázs
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Bibliography
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