Ming and Qing fiction thought

Author: Dong Guoyan
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: This book includes an introduction: On the study of novel trends; the main text: Evolution of novel trends in the early Ming period, new foundations for novel trends, evolution of novel trends in the late Ming period, the rise in the status of novels, research on the history of novels and Hu Yinglin, the unrestrained romantic tendency, moving towards reality and retreating into self, a comparison of Li, Yuan, Ye, and Jin, moving towards reality and retreating into moralization, literary theory of novels, character theory of novels, appreciation of novels, the two schools of historical novels - realism and fantasy, practical attitude and novels, the development and evolution of expressive trends, sentimental sentiment and tragic implications, Neo-Confucianism and Qing Dynasty novels, the rise of popular novels, etc., totaling 18 chapters.