Research on Ancient Chinese Fiction (Volume 2)

Author: Compiled by the Research Center for Ancient Chinese Fiction, Institute of Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
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Publishing Date: 2006-10-01
Features: The second issue of Studies on Ancient Chinese Fiction includes forty essays, most of which were submitted to the International Conference on Ancient Chinese Fiction held in Beijing's Xiangshan in September 2004. These essays received widespread acclaim during the conference, and everyone looked forward to their prompt official publication. The purpose of this journal is: first, to promote comprehensive and in-depth research on both classic and non-classic fiction; second, to break down the boundary between classical and vernacular fiction; and third, to cover the entirety of fiction as a field of historical study.