Umfang:
Online-Ressource (vii, 402 p)
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24 cm
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0520231406
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0520238737
Serie:
Philip E. Lilienthal Book in Asian Studies
Inhalt:
In ancient China a monster called Taowu was known for both its vicious nature and its power to see the past and the future. Over the centuries Taowu underwent many incarnations until it became identifiable with history itself. Since the seventeenth century, fictive accounts of history have accommodated themselves to the monstrous nature of Taowu. Moving effortlessly across the entire twentieth-century literary landscape, David Der-wei Wang delineates the many meanings of Chinese violence and its literary manifestations. Taking into account the campaigns of violence and brutality that have rock
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-370) and index
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Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. Invitation to a Beheading; 2. Crime or Punishment?; 3. An Undesired Revolution; 4. Three Hungry Women; 5. Of Scars and National Memory; 6. The Monster That Is History; 7. The End of the Line; 8. Second Haunting; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; GLOSSARY; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; W; X; Y; Z; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780520238732
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Monster That Is History : History, Violence, and Fictional Writing in Twentieth-Century China
Sprache:
Englisch
