TY - BOOK ID - 78403425 TI - The Edge of Knowing : Dreams, History, and Realism in Modern Chinese Literature PY - 2017 SN - 0295999004 9780295999005 9780295998992 0295998997 PB - Seattle : University of Washington Press, DB - UniCat KW - Chinese literature KW - Dreams in literature. KW - Realism in literature. KW - Neorealism (Literature) KW - Magic realism (Literature) KW - Mimesis in literature KW - History and criticism. KW - Littérature chinoise KW - Rêves dans la littérature KW - Réalisme dans la littérature KW - Histoire et critique UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78403425 AB - The Edge of Knowing explores the relationship between the rhetoric of dreams and realist literary practice in modern Chinese literature from the May Fourth Era in the early twentieth century through the period just following the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976. The writers' attention to dreams demonstrates the multiple influences of Western psychology, utopian desire for revolutionary change, and the enduring legacy of traditional Chinese philosophy. At the same time, modern Chinese writers used their work to represent social reality for the purpose of nation-building. Recent political usage of dream rhetoric in the People's Republic of China attests to the continuing influence of dreams on the imagination of Chinese modernity. By employing a number of critical perspectives, The Edge of Knowing will appeal to readers seeking to understand the complicated relationship between literary form and Chinese history and politics. ER -