The Judge Dee Novels provides a comprehensive survey of Robert van Gulik's series of novels (1949-1968) featuring the Tang dynasty magistrate, Judge Dee. In addition to providing a synopsis of each of the Judge Dee stories (with commentaries on the plots, the characters, and the thematic and historical aspects of each story), it examines van Gulik's achievement in two significant, related contexts: the development of detective fiction (both Chinese and Western) and the image of China in popular American literature of the twentieth century.

About the Author
J. K. Van Dover has taught courses on the detective story in Germany, Austria, and China. He is the author of ten books on detective fiction.


Book Information
ISBN 9780786496211
Author J. K. Van Dover
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc