The Monster That Is History: History, Violence, and Fictional Writing in Twentieth-Century China

by David Wang

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In ancient China a monster called Taowu was known for both its vicious nature and its power to see the past and the future. Over the centuries Taowu underwent many incarnations until it became identifiable with history itself. Since the seventeenth century, fictive accounts of history have accommodated themselves to the monstrous nature of Taowu. Moving effortlessly across the entire twentieth-century literary landscape, David Der-wei Wang delineates...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520238737

ISBN13:9780520238732

Release Date:October 2004

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:402 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Asia Asian China History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Taiwan World Literature

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