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 fiction as a narrative genre. Thus the maturation of the genre can best be appreciated in terms of its increasingly sophisticated exploration of the phenomenon of desire.
| ISBN: | 9780674005136 |
| Publication date: | 1st August 2001 |
| Author: | Martin W Huang |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Asia Center an imprint of Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 347 pages |
| Series: | Harvard East Asian Monographs |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Cultural studies |
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 fiction as a narrative genre. Thus the maturation of the genre can best be appreciated in terms of its increasingly sophisticated exploration of the phenomenon of desire.
Desire and Fictional Narrative in Late Imperial China features in the following genres: Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Cultural studies
Desire and Fictional Narrative in Late Imperial China is available in Hardback
Desire and Fictional Narrative in Late Imperial China was written by Martin W Huang and published by Harvard University Asia Center an imprint of Harvard University Press
Desire and Fictional Narrative in Late Imperial China has 347 pages
Yes it is part of Harvard East Asian Monographs series