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Author Lai, John Tsz Pang, 1975- author.

Title Literary representations of Christianity in Late Qing and Republican China / by John T.P. Lai
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 199 pages)
Series Studies in religion and the arts, 1877-3192 ; volume 14
Studies in religion and the arts ; volume 14. 1877-3192
Contents Introduction: literary turn in the study of Chinese Christianity -- Empire re-mapped: image of Britain in Karl Gützlaff's novels -- Bible in fiction: Chinese Protestant novels of the late nineteenth century -- Bible on stage: Chinese Catholic dramas of the Republican Period -- Saints re-membered: Chinese dramatization of martyrdom -- Popular reception: Chinese folk imagination of Christianity -- Poetic inspiration: biblical imageries in modern Chinese poetry -- Pilgrims re-progressed: Christian interpretation of The Journey to the West -- Conclusion
Summary Literary Representations of Christianity in Late Qing and Republican China contributes to the "literary turn" in the study of Chinese Christianity by foregrounding the importance of literary texts, including the major genres of Chinese Christian literature (novels, drama and poetry) of the late Qing and Republican periods. These multifarious types of texts demonstrated the multiple representations and dynamic scenes of Christianity, where Christian imageries and symbolism were transformed by linguistic manipulation into new contextualized forms which nurtured distinctive new fruits of literature and modernized the literary landscape of Chinese literature. The study of the composition and poetics of Chinese Christian literary works helps us rediscover the concerns, priorities, textual strategies of the Christian writers, the cross-cultural challenges involved, and the reception of the Bible
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Christian literature.
Christianity and literature -- China
Christian literature
Christianity and literature
SUBJECT China -- Church history. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023990
Subject China
Genre/Form Church history
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019008821
ISBN 9789004394483
9004394486