03352nam 2200649 450 991046165490332120200520144314.01-61249-382-31-61249-381-5(CKB)3710000000466256(EBL)2176626(SSID)ssj0001545363(PQKBManifestationID)16135445(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001545363(PQKBWorkID)12251252(PQKB)11464729(MiAaPQ)EBC2176626(OCoLC)919187771(MdBmJHUP)muse41553(Au-PeEL)EBL2176626(CaPaEBR)ebr11092722(CaONFJC)MIL948329(EXLCZ)99371000000046625620150506h20152015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWomen's Tanci fiction in late imperial and early twentieth-century China /Li GuoWest Lafayette, Indiana :Purdue University Press,[2015]copyright 20151 online resource (245 p.)Comparative cultural studiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-55753-713-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Envisioning A Nascent Feminine Agency in Zaishengyuan (Destiny of Rebirth); Chapter Two: Disguised Scholar, Fox Spirit, and Moralism in Bishenghua (Blossom from the Brush); Chapter Three: Ethics, Filial Piety, and Narrative Sympathy in Mengyingyuan (Dream, Image, Destiny); Chapter Four: Gender, Spectatorship, and Literary Portraiture in Mengyingyuan; Chapter Five: Cross-Dressing as a Collective Act in Xianü qunying shi (A History of Women Warriors)Chapter Six: Illustrating a New Woman in Fengliu zuiren (The Valiant and The Culprit)Conclusion; Appendix: Chinese Characters for Authors' Names, Terms, and Titles of Works; Works Cited; IndexIn Women's Tanci Fiction in Late Imperial and Early Modern China, Li Guo presents the first book-length study in English of women's tanci fiction, the distinctive Chinese form of narrative written in rhymed lines during the late imperial to early modern period (related to, but different from, the orally performed version also called tanci). She explores the tradition through a comparative analysis of five seminal texts. Guo argues that Chinese women writers of the period position the personal within the diegesis in order to reconfigure their moral commitments and personal desires. By fashioninComparative cultural studies.Chinese fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticismWomen in literatureNarration (Rhetoric)Electronic books.Chinese fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticism.Women in literature.Narration (Rhetoric)895.13/48099287Guo Li1979-942214MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461654903321Women's Tanci fiction in late imperial and early twentieth-century China2126178UNINA