Literati identity and its fictional representations in late imperial China
By: Stephen J. Roddy.
Contributors: Wu, Jingzi, 1701-1754.; Xia, Jingqu.; Li, Ruzhen, ca. 1763-ca. 1830.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: Wu, Jingzi, 1701-1754; Xia, Jingqu; Li, Ruzhen, ca. 1763-ca. 1830; Chinese fiction -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 -- History and criticism; Scholars in literature
Description: By reading vernacular fiction, scholarly and exegetical texts, and aesthetic treatises as parallel if not wholly identical attempts to redefine literati identity, the book aims to advance our understanding of the intersections and overlaps between literary and discursive practices of late traditional China.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-304) and index.