The Rhetoric of Chin P'ing Mei

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Carlitz, Katherine (auth)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Κεφάλαιο βιβλίου
• Γλώσσα: Αγγλικά
• Έκδοση: Indiana University Press 1986
• Θέματα: Literature: history & criticism
• Διαθέσιμο Online: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Chin p'ing mei, the late Ming dynasty novel, combines rich sensuous detail with an interweaving of reality and fantasy to create a telling portrait of the dynasty's decline. In addition to the explicit sexual detail, the novel also contains a stern Confucian message about the retribution t...