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Desire and Fictional Narrative in Late Imperial China by Martin W. Huang

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In this study of desire in Late Imperial China, Martin W. Huang argues that the development of traditional Chinese fiction as a narrative genre was closely related to changes in conceptions of the fundamental nature of desire. He further suggests that the rise of vernacular fiction during the late Ming dynasty should be studied in the context of contemporary debates on desire, along with the new and complex views that emerged from those debates.

Desire and Fictional Narrative in Late Imperial China shows that the obsession of authors with individual desire is an essential quality that defines traditional Chinese fiction as a narrative genre. Thus the maturation of the genre can best be appreciated in terms of its increasingly sophisticated exploration of the phenomenon of desire.



About the Author
Martin W. Huang is Associate Professor of Chinese Literature at the University of California, Irvine.

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Desire figures prominently as a subject in a number of recent studies of Chinese fiction... Yet Huang is the first to argue strongly for an intimate relationship between the new fascination with desire...during the Ming dynasty and the rise of vernacular fiction in late imperial China. After investigating types of desire...and the anxiety accompanying desire in the late Ming, Huang explores how particular views of desire are fashioned in various domestic and erotic novels. -- Y. Wu * Choice *



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ISBN 9780674005136
Author Martin W. Huang
Format Hardback
Page Count 368
Imprint Harvard University, Asia Center
Publisher Harvard University, Asia Center
Weight(grams) 671g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 32mm

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