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Author: Rostagno, Mauricio A.,

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Feeling the past in seventeenth-century China /

"Calls attention to the central role played by the body in capturing memories of the lived experiences of traditional Chinese writers during the tumultuous Manchu conquest of China"--

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Main Authors: Ling, Xiaoqiao, 1978
Published: Harvard University Asia Center,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Publication Dates: 2019.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 121
Subjects:
Chinese literature > Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 > Themes, motives
Chinese literature > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 > Themes, motives
Psychic trauma in literature
Mind and body in literature
Chinese literature > Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 > History and criticism
Chinese literature > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 > History and criticism
Chinese literature
Chinese literature > Ming dynasty
Chinese literature > Themes, motives
Historiography
Qing Dynasty China
China > Historiography
China
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Summary: "Calls attention to the central role played by the body in capturing memories of the lived experiences of traditional Chinese writers during the tumultuous Manchu conquest of China"--
Carrier Form: xiv, 343 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-327) and index.
ISBN: 9780674241114 (hardcover : alkaline paper) :
0674241118 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
Index Number: PL2297
CLC: I206.4
Call Number: I206.4/L755
Contents: Introduction -- The deliverance play: locating the body as seat of self -- Memoirs and diaries: the feeling body and place-making -- Literary escapes from trauma: the writings of Ding Yaokang -- The erotic novel: the sinful past and the ailing body -- The historical play: postmemory and the bleeding body -- Epilogue.

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