Title The monster that is history : history, violence, and fictional writing in twentieth-century China / David Der-wei Wang

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 402 pages) Contents Invitation to a beheading -- Crime or punishment? -- An undesired revolution -- Three hungry women -- Of scars and national memory -- The monoster that is history -- The end of the line -- Second haunting Summary David Wang explores 20th century Chinese literature, delineating the many meanings of Chinese violence & its literary manifestations. He considers modern Chinese history as a complex of geopolitical, ethnic, gendered, & personal articulations of bygone and ongoing events Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-370) and index Notes Print version record Subject Chinese fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism Chinese fiction -- Taiwan -- History and criticism Violence in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General. HISTORY -- Asia -- General. Chinese fiction Violence in literature Taiwan Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780520937246 0520937244 1417574011 9781417574018

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