Ameliorative Satire and the Seventeenth-Century Chinese Novel, Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan-Marriage as Retribution Awakening the World

Ameliorative Satire and the Seventeenth-Century Chinese Novel, Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan-Marriage as Retribution Awakening the World - Chinese Studies

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This is a study of ameliorative satire as a genre in classical Chinese fiction. Yenna Wu traces the genealogy of the genre from the late Ming to the mid-Qing and sheds light on the changing moral discourse at a time when Chinese society was undergoing substantial transformation.

Book information

ISBN: 9780773479562
Publisher: E. Mellen Press
Imprint: E. Mellen Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 895.1348
DEWEY edition: 21
Number of pages: 407
Weight: 748g
Height: 240mm
Width: 165mm
Spine width: 25mm