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Desire and Fictional Narrative in Late Imperial China
Martin W. Huang
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Description for Desire and Fictional Narrative in Late Imperial China
Hardcover. In this study of desire in late Imperial China, the author argues that the development of traditional Chinese fiction as a narrative genre was closely related to changes in conceptions of the fundamental nature of desire. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSA; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 660.
In this study of desire in Late Imperial China, Martin W. Huang argues that the development of traditional Chinese fiction as a narrative genre was closely related to changes in conceptions of the fundamental nature of desire. He further suggests that the rise of vernacular fiction during the late Ming dynasty should be studied in the context of contemporary debates on desire, along with the new and complex views that emerged from those debates.
Desire and Fictional Narrative in Late Imperial China shows that the obsession of authors with individual desire is an essential quality that defines traditional Chinese ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
Series
Harvard East Asian Monographs
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674005136
SKU
V9780674005136
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About Martin W. Huang
Martin W. Huang is Associate Professor of Chinese Literature at the University of California, Irvine.
Reviews for Desire and Fictional Narrative in Late Imperial China
Desire figures prominently as a subject in a number of recent studies of Chinese fiction… Yet Huang is the first to argue strongly for an intimate relationship between the new fascination with desire…during the Ming dynasty and the rise of vernacular fiction in late imperial China. After investigating types of desire…and the anxiety accompanying desire in the late Ming, Huang ... Read more