Secret History of the Mongols
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A01=Arthur Waley
A01=The Arthur Waley Estate
Author_Arthur Waley
Author_The Arthur Waley Estate
Category=DSB
Central Asian studies
comparative East Asian mythology research
cross-cultural folklore
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eq_biography-true-stories
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eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
indigenous belief systems
medieval literary sources
oral narrative analysis
translation theory scholarship
Product details
- ISBN 9780415612760
- Weight: 590g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 16 Dec 2011
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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First published in 1963.
The Secret History (so called merely because it was meant for the Mongols and not for the Chinese,) has been chiefly studied from a learned point of view and its quality as literature and hence its value to the lay reader have been greatly overlooked. The Chinese version has been used, but with constant reference to the Mongol text. The parts selected (founded on story-tellers' tales) date from the middle of the thirteenth century.
