Title: Literati identity and its fictional representations in late imperial China
First published: 1998
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.
Subjects: Scholars in literature, Chinese fiction, History and criticism, Chinese fiction, history and criticism
People: Jingzi Wu (1701-1754), Ruzhen Li (ca. 1763-ca. 1830), Jingqu Xia
Time periods: Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
LC classification: PL2437 .R64 1998