02495nam 2200421 450 991048341700332120230629232332.0981-334-889-510.1007/978-981-33-4889-9(CKB)5590000000433646(DE-He213)978-981-33-4889-9(MiAaPQ)EBC6465671(EXLCZ)99559000000043364620210311d2021 uy 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA historical study of early modern Chinese fictions (1890-1920) /Pingyuan Chen1st ed. 2021.Gateway East, Singapore :Springer :Peking University Press,[2021]©20211 online resource (X, 252 p. 2 illus.) 981-334-888-7 Chapter One Birth of New Fiction in China -- Chapter Two Inspiration and Simulation from Foreign Fictions -- Chapter Three Commercialization of Fictions and Rise of Book Printing -- Chapter Four Swaying Between Philistinism and Sublimity -- Chapter Five Compound Plot and Scenic Structure -- Chapter Six Coexistence of Classical Chinese and Vernacular Chinese in Fiction Writing -- Chapter Seven From Romances to Officialdom Novels -- Chapter Eight Travelers in Narratives -- Chapter Nine Documentation, Condemnation and Sentimentality.This book contains a classic guide to historical study of early modern Chinese fiction from the late Qing Dynasty till early republican China. It does not merely study the new fiction writing in China, which was strongly influenced by the western fiction, but also draws a comparison between classical Chinese fiction and the early modern Chinese fiction. This book is an excellent reference in the study of early modern Chinese literature since it conveys a point of view to the readers with abundant and solid historical materials. At the heart of the book, it is the matter of a specific value in trans-cultural studies between the western world and China.Chinese fiction19th centuryHistory and criticismChinese fictionHistory and criticism.895.134809Chen Pingyuan1954-636563MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910483417003321A historical study of early modern Chinese fictions (1890-1920)2850923UNINA