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Fictional Realism in Twentieth-Century China: Mao Dun, Lao She, Shen Congwen
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by David Der-wei WangDavid Der-wei Wang
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ISBN-13: | 9780231076562 |
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Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
Publication date: | 03/30/1992 |
Series: | Modern Asian Literature Series |
Pages: | 367 |
Product dimensions: | 1.00(w) x 6.00(h) x 9.00(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
David Der-wei Wang is Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature at Harvard University. His works include The Monster That Is History: History, Violence, and Fictional Writing in Twentieth-Century China; Fin-de-siècle Splendor: Repressed Modernity in Late Qing Fiction, 1849-1911; and Fictional Realism in Twentieth-Century China.
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