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From Historicity to Fictionality: The Chinese Poetics of Narrative

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by Sheldon Hsiao-peng LuSheldon Hsiao-peng Lu

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A comprehensive, comparative, and cross-cultural study of the poetics of the entire Chinese narrative tradition.

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ISBN-13:	9780804751421
Publisher:	Stanford University Press
Publication date:	09/14/2004
Edition description:	1
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sheldon H. Lu is Associate Professor of Chinese, Film Studies, and Cultural Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.

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