The monster that is history
Subtitle: history, violence, and fictional writing in twentieth-century China
By: David Der-wei Wang.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
Subjects: Chinese fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Chinese fiction -- Taiwan -- History and criticism; Violence in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-370) and index.
Table of contents: title: Invitation to a beheading; title: Crime or punishment?; title: An undesired revolution; title: Three hungry women; title: Of scars and national memory; title: The monster that is history; title: The end of the line; title: Second haunting.