1 Table of Contents: “... -- The author as a patron: Prince of Huainan, the owner-author -- The author as an individual writer: Sima Qian...”

2 Table of Contents: “... and the New Woman -- Diary of a Lonely Urban Dweller: "Miss Sophia's Diary" -- The Woman Writer in "Yecao...”

3 Table of Contents: “... and poison pens: women writers in the age of high economic growth -- The masculine gaze as disciplinary...”

4 “... transnational writing today. She spotlights key writers-Gao Xingjian, Ha Jin, Annie Wang, and Ma Jian-who have...”

5 “... writers of this generation for their avant-garde literary challenges to dominant models of femininity...”

6 “... kept by a moneylender. At a time when writers tended to depict modern, alienated male intellectuals...”

7 Table of Contents: “... ""Standpoint"" of Early Meiji Writers -- Chapter 4. Introduction to the Discourse of the Modern Novel: ""Time...”

8 “...Like artists, important writers defy unequivocal interpretations. Gao Xingjian, winner of the Nobel...”

9 “... seminal texts. Guo argues that Chinese women writers of the period position the personal within...”

10 “... well-known sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Chinese writers. Hsiao-p'in, characterized by spontaneity...”

11 “...'s tanci marks early modern writers' endeavors to carve out a space of feminine becoming, a discursive...”

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14 “...-century travelers, and a Han Chinese writer, Jiang Rong, who promotes cultural harmony yet anticipates...”

15 “... provided Akiko with her conception of herself as a writer and inspired many of her most significant...”

16 “..."This is the first English-language study of the Chinese writer's work and influence, featuring...”