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Fiction criticism has a long and influential history in pre-modern China, where critics would read and reread certain novels with a concentration and fervor far exceeding that which most Western critics give to individual works. This volume, a source book for the study of traditional Chinese fiction criticism from the late sixteenth to the early twentieth centuries, presents translations of writings taken from the commentary editions of six of the most important novels of pre-modern China. These translations consist mainly of tu-fa, or "how-to-read" essays, which demonstrate sensitivity and depth of analysis both in the treatment of general problems concerning the reading of any work of fiction and in more focused discussions of particular compositional details in individual novels.The translations were produced by pioneers in the study of this form of fiction criticism in the West: Shuen-fu Lin, Andrew H. Plaks, David T. Roy, John C. Y. Wang, and Anthony C. Yu. Four introductory essays by Andrew H. Plaks and the editor address the historical background for this type of criticism, its early development, its formal features, recurrent terminology, and major interpretive strategies. A goal of this volume is to aid in the rediscovery of this traditional Chinese poetics of fiction and help eliminate some of the distortions encountered in the past by the imposition of Western theories of fiction on Chinese novels.Originally published in 1990.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Although Chinese narrative, and especially the genres of colloquial fiction, have been subjected to intensive scholarly scrutiny, no comprehensive volume has provided a framework that would permit an overall view of the tradition. The distinguished contributors to this volume have taken an important first step in making possible the consideration of Chinese narrative at the level of comparative and general literary scholarship.Originally published in 1977.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Narration (Rhetoric) --- Chinese fiction --- Chinese literature --- Congresses. --- History and criticism --- #SML: Joseph Spae --- #SML: Nan Huaiyi --- S16/0160 --- S16/0400 --- S16/0440 --- History and criticism&delete& --- Congresses --- China: Literature and theatrical art--General works on traditional literature --- China: Literature and theatrical art--Traditional novels: studies --- China: Literature and theatrical art--Traditional tales and short stories (incl. Zhanguoce; Liaozhai) essays, letters, prose: studies --- Rhetoric --- Discourse analysis, Narrative --- Narratees (Rhetoric) --- Adage. --- Aesthetic Theory. --- Allegory. --- Anatomy of Criticism. --- Anecdote. --- Antithesis. --- Aphorism. --- Apologue. --- Archetype. --- Arthur Waley. --- Biography. --- Book. --- Calligraphy. --- Cao Xueqin. --- Chih. --- Chinese literature. --- Classical language. --- Confucianism. --- Confucius. --- Creative writing. --- Criticism. --- Diary of a Madman (short story). --- Disenchantment. --- Doctrine of the Mean. --- Dream of the Red Chamber. --- Dream vision. --- E. M. Forster. --- Epic poetry. --- Erudition. --- Ezra Pound. --- Fabliau. --- Fang La. --- Fiction. --- Filial piety. --- First appearance. --- Franz Kuhn. --- Genre fiction. --- Genre. --- Good and evil. --- Guan Yu. --- Henri Bergson. --- Historical fiction. --- Historiography. --- Hu Shih. --- I Ching. --- Ian Watt. --- Ibid (short story). --- Irony. --- Jin Ping Mei. --- Journey to the West. --- Juvenal. --- King of Wu. --- Laurence Sterne. --- Lin Yutang. --- Literary fiction. --- Literary theory. --- Literature. --- Liu Bei. --- M. H. Abrams. --- Magic square. --- Memoir. --- Mircea Eliade. --- Narration. --- Narrative history. --- Narrative thread. --- Narrative. --- Non-fiction. --- Novel. --- Novelist. --- Obscurantism. --- Philosophical language. --- Picaresque novel. --- Plato. --- Poetry. --- Political satire. --- Predestination. --- Pseudohistory. --- Quintilian. --- Regulated verse. --- Religion. --- Richard Gregg (social philosopher). --- Robert Scholes. --- Romanticism. --- Satire. --- Scholasticism. --- Shakespearean comedy. --- Six Dynasties. --- Superiority (short story). --- Taoism. --- The Four Books. --- The Other Hand. --- Traditional story. --- Warfare. --- Water Margin. --- Wickedness. --- Writing. --- Xuanzang. --- Yin and yang. --- Zhu Bajie. --- Zhuge Liang.