| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 319 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Romanization; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1. The Ming Novella as a New Genre; 2. Publication and Circulation; 3. The Reading Public and Cultural Use; 4. Eroticism in the Novellas and Society; 5. Religious Dimensions; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Richard Wang's Ming Erotic Novellas is path breaking in its attention to a virtually ignored body of literature that certainly influenced the writing of the Jin Ping Mei, the Sanyan vernacular stories, and most likely Li Yu's fiction. Compared to other titles in the field, this is the first scholarly monograph in any language to contextualize the erotic novellas of late imperial China. Moreover, existing studies in this area have tended to concentrate on a limited number of works of Chinese erotic fiction, or have only brushed up against these works tangentially during more general discussion of Ming and Qing literature. Ming Erotic Novellas adopts a provocative approach to fiction, moving beyond the traditional textual analyses of gender politics and the qing cult, and examining these erotic novellas as a new genre within the contexts of print culture, readership, consumption patterns, as well as religious dimensions |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Erotic stories, Chinese -- History and criticism
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Chinese fiction -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- Chinese.
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Chinese fiction -- Ming dynasty
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Erotic stories, Chinese
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011405721 |
| ISBN |
9789629969691 |
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9629969696 |
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