The Substance of Fiction : : Literary Objects in China, 1550–1775 / / Sophie Volpp.
Do the portrayals of objects in literary texts represent historical evidence about the material culture of the past? Or are things in books more than things in the world? Sophie Volpp considers fictional objects of the late Ming and Qing that defy being read as illustrative of historical things. Ins...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Premodern East Asia: New Horizons
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 23 b&w figures |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. The Substance of Fiction
- CHAPTER ONE. The Python Robe of The Plum in the Golden Vase
- CHAPTER TWO. Ling Mengchu’s Shell
- CHAPTER THREE. Du Shiniang’s Jewel Box
- CHAPTER FOUR. Li Yu’s Telescope
- CHAPTER FIVE. The Plate-Glass Mirror in The Story of the Stone
- CHAPTER SIX. Historicizing Recession via The Story of the Stone and the Juanqinzhai
- Conclusion. Literary Objects
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index