Rereading the Stone: Desire and the Making of Fiction in "Dream of the Red Chamber"

by Anthony C. Yu

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The eighteenth-century Hongloumeng , known in English as Dream of the Red Chamber or The Story of the Stone , is generally considered to be the greatest of Chinese novels--one that masterfully blends realism and romance, psychological motivation and fate, daily life and mythical occurrences, as it narrates the decline of a powerful Chinese family. In this path-breaking study, Anthony Yu goes beyond the customary view of Hongloumeng as a vivid reflection...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691015619

ISBN13:9780691015613

Release Date:August 1997

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:344 Pages

Weight:1.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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