Women's Tanci fiction in late imperial and early twentieth-century China
In Women's Tanci Fiction in Late Imperial and Early Modern China, Li Guo presents the first book-length study in English of women's tanci fiction, the distinctive Chinese form of narrative written in rhymed lines during the late imperial to early modern period (related to, but different fr...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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West Lafayette, Indiana
Purdue University Press
[2015], 2015
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| Series: | Comparative cultural studies
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | In Women's Tanci Fiction in Late Imperial and Early Modern China, Li Guo presents the first book-length study in English of women's tanci fiction, the distinctive Chinese form of narrative written in rhymed lines during the late imperial to early modern period (related to, but different from, the orally performed version also called tanci). She explores the tradition through a comparative analysis of five seminal texts. Guo argues that Chinese women writers of the period position the personal within the diegesis in order to reconfigure their moral commitments and personal desires. By fashionin |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781557537133 1557537135 |