The Novel in Seventeenth- Century China / / Robert E. Hegel.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Hegel, Robert E.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1981]; ©1981
• Year of Publication: 1981
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Divisions of Chinese History by Dynastic Rule --; Conversion Table of Wade-Giles and Pinyin Systems for Romanizing Chinese --; 1. The World Behind the Novel: China in the Seventeenth Century --; 2. The Novelists' World: Tradition and Innovation --; 3. Political Realities in Fictional Garb: Past as Metaphor for the Present --; 4. Man as Responsible Being: The Individual, Social Role, and Heaven --; 5. Self as Mind or as Body: Fictional Examinations of Identity --; 6. Disaster and Renewal in an Ordered Universe --; 7. Literary Innovation and the Legacy of Seventeenth-Century Novels --; Appendix I. Literary Source Materials for Several Seventeenth-Century Novels --; Appendix II. Textual Histories of Various Seventeenth-Century Novels --; Glossary --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231895866; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/hege93874
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Robert E. Hegel.

Studies China during the 17th century by looking at the nation behind the literature. Looks at traditions, innovation and the legacy of the novels.