Volpp The Substance of Fiction

Literary Objects in China, 1550–1775
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-231-55322-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch

Reihe: Premodern East Asia: New Horizons

Sophie Volpp considers fictional objects of the late Ming and Qing that defy being read as illustrative of historical things. Instead, she argues, fictional objects are often signs of fictionality themselves, calling attention to the nature of the relationship between literature and materiality.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Volpp, Sophie

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Substance of Fiction
1. The Python Robe of The Plum in the Golden Vase
2. Ling Mengchu’s Shell
3. Du Shiniang’s Jewel Box
4. Li Yu’s Telescope
5. The Plate-Glass Mirror in The Story of the Stone
6. Historicizing Recession via The Story of the Stone and the Juanqinzhai
Conclusion: Literary Objects
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sophie Volpp is professor of East Asian languages and cultures and professor of comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Worldly Stage: Theatricality in Seventeenth-Century China (2011).