Reflections on Dream of the Red Chamber
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Publisher | : Cambria Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
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ISBN | : 1621968367 |
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Publisher | : Cambria Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
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Author | : Zaifu Liu |
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Total Pages | : 331 |
Release | : 2014-05-14 |
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ISBN | : 9781624991097 |
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Author | : Ronald R. Gray |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2022-10-18 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1476645825 |
A masterpiece of world literature, Honglou Meng (Dream of the Red Chamber) by Cao Xueqin (1715-1763) is widely considered China's greatest novel and serves as a compendium of traditional Chinese life and culture during the Qing Dynasty. This guide offers a comprehensive introduction and overview to Honglou Meng, providing more than 200 alphabetical entries describing characters, key events and a wide range of topics, with discussion of important themes and narrative techniques. A brief biography of Cao is included, along with a history of Chinese and English critical receptions, an extensive bibliography and recommended reading.
Author | : Anthony C. Yu |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2018-06-05 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 069118819X |
The eighteenth-century Hongloumeng, known in English as Dream of the Red Chamber or The Story of the Stone, is generally considered to be the greatest of Chinese novels--one that masterfully blends realism and romance, psychological motivation and fate, daily life and mythical occurrences, as it narrates the decline of a powerful Chinese family. In this path-breaking study, Anthony Yu goes beyond the customary view of Hongloumeng as a vivid reflection of late imperial Chinese culture by examining the novel as a story about fictive representation. Through a maze of literary devices, the novel challenges the authority of history as well as referential biases in reading. At the heart of Hongloumeng, Yu argues, is the narration of desire. Desire appears in this tale as the defining trait and problem of human beings and at the same time shapes the novel's literary invention and effect. According to Yu, this focalizing treatment of desire may well be Hongloumeng's most distinctive accomplishment. Through close readings of selected episodes, Yu analyzes principal motifs of the narrative, such as dream, mirror, literature, religious enlightenment, and rhetorical reflexivity in relation to fictive representation. He contextualizes his discussions with a comprehensive genealogy of qing--desire, disposition, sentiment, feeling--a concept of fundamental importance in historical Chinese culture, and shows how the text ingeniously exploits its multiple meanings. Spanning a wide range of comparative literary sources, Yu creates a new conceptual framework in which to reevaluate this masterpiece.
Author | : Cao Xueqin |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 2012-08-30 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0141935162 |
The Story of the Stone (c.1760) is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The first part of the story, The Golden Days, begins the tale of Bao-yu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to Confucian studies, and his two cousins: Bao-chai, his parents' choice of a wife for him, and the ethereal beauty Dai-yu. Through the changing fortunes of the Jia family, this rich, magical work sets worldly events - love affairs, sibling rivalries, political intrigues, even murder - within the context of the Buddhist understanding that earthly existence is an illusion and karma determines the shape of our lives.
Author | : Shahnaz Ahsan |
Publisher | : John Murray |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2021-02-04 |
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ISBN | : 9781473665255 |
Author | : Zaifu Liu |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 397 |
Release | : 2021-06-17 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9004449124 |
Liu Zaifu 劉再復 is a name that has already been ingrained within contemporary Chinese literary history. This landmark volume presents Anglophone readers with Liu’s profound reflections on Chinese literature and culture at different times. These critical essays deal with cultural criticism and literary theory, literary history, and individual modern and contemporary Chinese writers.
Author | : Cao Xueqin |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 1136 |
Release | : 2023-12-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
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The Dream of the Red Chamber provides a detailed, episodic record of life in the two branches of the wealthy, aristocratic Jia clan—the Rongguo House and the Ningguo House—who reside in two large, adjacent family compounds in the capital. Their ancestors were made Dukes and given imperial titles, and as the novel begins the two houses are among the most illustrious families in the city. One of the clan's offspring is made a Royal Consort, and a lush landscaped garden is built to receive her visit. In the novel's frame story, a sentient Stone, abandoned by the goddess Nüwa when she mended the heavens aeons ago, begs a Taoist priest and a Buddhist monk to take it with them to see the world.
Author | : Cao Xueqin |
Publisher | : ببلومانيا للنشر والتوزيع |
Total Pages | : 691 |
Release | : 2024-03-24 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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"The Dream of the Red Chamber" (also known as "The Story of the Stone") is one of China's Four Great Classical Novels and is considered one of the greatest works of Chinese literature. It was written by Cao Xueqin during the Qing Dynasty in the 18th century. The novel is a sprawling epic that explores themes of love, family, societal hierarchy, and the inevitability of change. Set against the backdrop of the decline of a powerful family, the Jia clan, the story follows the lives of its members, particularly the two young cousins Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu, as they navigate the complexities of relationships, duty, and personal desires. At its heart, "The Dream of the Red Chamber" is a poignant reflection on the fleeting nature of life and the transient beauty of the world. The title itself refers to the grand estate where much of the action takes place, symbolizing both the splendor and the fragility of existence. The novel is celebrated for its richly drawn characters, intricate plotlines, and profound philosophical insights. It has had a profound influence on Chinese literature and culture, inspiring countless adaptations in various art forms and continuing to captivate readers worldwide with its timeless exploration of the human condition.
Author | : Edwards |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2021-09-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004482717 |
Men and Women in Qing China is an analysis of Chinese prescriptions of gender as represented in Cao Xueqin's famous eighteenth century Chinese novel of manners, The Red Chamber Dream or The Story of the Stone. Drawing on feminist literary critical methods it examines Qing notions of masculinity and femininity, including themes such as bisexuality, motherhood, virginity and purity, and gender and power. Its central aim is to challenge the common assumption that the novel represents some form of early Chinese feminism by examining the text in conjunction with historical data. The book will be especially important to those interested in issues of gender in China, the history of Chinese literary criticism and the application of feminist theory to the Asian text.