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Dore J. Levy Ideal and Actual in The Story of the Stone (Hardback)
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- Ideal and Actual in The Story of the Stone
- Publication Name
- Ideal and Actual in The Story of the Stone
- Title
- Ideal and Actual in The Story of the Stone
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 0231114060
- EAN
- 9780231114066
- ISBN
- 9780231114066
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Genre
- Literary Criticism
- Topic
- Asian / General, General, Subjects & Themes / General
- Release Date
- 01/04/1999
- Release Year
- 1999
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Length
- 0.9in
- Publication Year
- 1999
- Type
- Textbook
- Item Height
- 0.1in
- Item Width
- 0.6in
- Item Weight
- 17.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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The Story of the Stone (also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber ), completed in the mid-eighteenth century by Cao Xuegin, is considered China's greatest novel--but its length and narrative complexity have proven daunting to many modern readers. Now, esteemed scholar of Asian literature Dore J. Levy introduces this timeless work to first-time readers, while also presenting a new method of comparative interpretation for advanced students and scholars. Drawing from literary theory, sociology, religion, and medicine, Levy explores how the classic novel confronts the chasm between social, emotional, and spiritual ideals and their translation into day-to-day reality. This illuminating work unpacks The Story of the Stone based on the interpretation of four major themes: the inversion of traditional family dynamics, which constitutes the novel's social framework; the function of illness and medicine in a society where Buddhist notions of karma and retribution exist alongside pragmatic notions of the human body that make up traditional Chinese medicine; the role of poetry in the social structure of dynastic Chinese society; and the use of poetry as a vehicle for spiritual liberation
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Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231114060
ISBN-13
9780231114066
eBay Product ID (ePID)
513532
Product Key Features
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Asian / General, General, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Genre
Literary Criticism
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
0.9in
Item Height
0.1in
Item Width
0.6in
Item Weight
17.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pl2727.S2l47 1999
Grade from
College Graduate Student
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"Students of Chinese and comparative literature, travelers looking for a glimpse of modern China's past, and other first-time sojourners in this unfamiliar fictional world need this kind of broad-based, interdisciplinary reader's guide.... Levy's book provides a brief and accessible overview of much recent scholarship on the Stone." -- Mary Scott, Journal of Asian Studies, "Though intended as an introduction for first-time readers of the masterpiece, Levy's book also offers some insights of use to specialists. A readable contribution to English studies of Honglou meng." -- Choice, Though intended as an introduction for first-time readers of the masterpiece, Levy's book also offers some insights of use to specialists. A readable contribution to English studies of Honglou meng.
Publication Name
Ideal and Actual in the Story of the Stone
Table of Content
1. Ideal and Actual, Real and Not-real 2. "Family Togetherness": Patterns of Authority and the Subversion of Family Structure 3. Preexisting Conditions: Retributory Illness and the Limits of Medicine 4. A World Apart: Poetry and Society in the Garden of Total Vision 5. The Chiming of the Void: Poetry as a Vehicle to Enlightenment
Copyright Date
1999
Lccn
98-044246
Dewey Decimal
895.1/348
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
21
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