Chinese Literature and the Child [electronic resource] : Children and Childhood in Late-Twentieth-Century Chinese Fiction /
Foster, K.author.
Tracking ideas of the child in Chinese society across the twentieth century, Kate Foster places fictional children within the story of the nation in a study of tropes and themes which range from images of strength and purity to the murderous and amoral.
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""Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyrights""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Part I             ""; ""Introduction                   ""; ""1 The Literary Child                           ""; ""2 Children of Reality and Fiction                                        ""; ""Part II              ""; ""3 Child of Sorrow: The Arrested Infant                                             ""; ""4 Corrupt Seed: The Tainted Progeny                                          ""; ""5 As Happy as Orphans: The Abandoned Child                                                 ""
""6 My Self Reclaimed: The Storytellers                                            """"Conclusion                 ""; ""Notes            ""; ""Bibliography                   ""; ""Index            ""
Tracking ideas of the child in Chinese society across the twentieth century, Kate Foster places fictional children within the story of the nation in a study of tropes and themes which range from images of strength and purity to the murderous and amoral.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
Literature   .
Oriental literature.
Languages.
Language and languages.
Literature-Philosophy.
Fiction.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
Asian Literature.
Asian Languages.
Literary Theory.
Fiction.