Ideal and Actual in the Story of the Stone

Ideal and Actual in the Story of the Stone
ISBN-10
0231114079
ISBN-13
9780231114073
Category
Education
Pages
236
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Author
Dore Jesse Levy

Description

Levy explores the classic Chinese novel The Story of the Stone(also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber), illuminating the work by interpreting its four major themes: the inversion of traditional family dynamics, the function of illness and medicine in a Buddhist society, the role of poetry in a dynastic Chinese society, and the use of poetry as a vehicle for spiritual retribution.

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