A historical study of early modern Chinese fictions (1890--1920) /

A historical study of early modern Chinese fictions (1890--1920) /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Chen, Pingyuan, 1954- author.
Imprint:	Singapore : Springer ; China : Jointly published with Peking University Press, [2021]
Description:	1 online resource ( x, 252 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Chinese fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Chinese fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12545529

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Other authors / contributors:	Lyu, Minghong, translator.
ISBN:	9813348895 9789813348899 9813348887 9789813348882
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 9, 2021).
Other form:	Print version: 9789813348882
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-981-33-4889-9

Table of Contents:

Birth of New Fiction in China
Inspiration and Simulation from Foreign Fictions
Commercialization of Fictions and Rise of Book Printing
Swaying Between Philistinism and Sublimity
Compound Plot and Scenic Structure
Coexistence of Classical Chinese and Vernacular Chinese in Fiction Writing
From Romances to Officialdom Novels
Travelers in Narratives
Documentation, Condemnation and Sentimentality.