Women's Tanci fiction in late imperial and early twentieth-century China / / Li Guo.
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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| Superior document: | Comparative cultural studies |
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| Place / Publishing House: | West Lafayette, Indiana : : Purdue University Press,, [2015] copyright 2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Comparative cultural studies.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (245 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| 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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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1612493823 1612493815 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Li Guo. |