The Collapse Of Heaven: Taiping Civil War And Chinese Literature Culture 1850–1880 Huan Jin Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Essays

The Collapse Of Heaven Investigates A Long-Neglected Century In Chinese Literature Through Lens Taiping War (1851–1864) One Most Devastating Civil Wars Human History With As Pivot Huan Jin Examines Manifold Literary And Cultural Transformations That Occurred From 1850S To 1880S Book Analyzes Wide Range Writings—Proselytizing Pamphlets Diaries Poetry Full-Length Novel Drama Short Stories—With Particular Emphasis On Materiality These Texts Well Their Production Dissemination Tracing Allusions Political Turbulences Across Many Genres Discusses How Late Imperial Paradigms Began Unravel Under Conditions Extreme Violence Tracks Unexpected Reinventions Conventions Marked Beginning Modernity Addition Making Significant Contribution Studies This Offers An Important Comparative Perspective Global Nineteenth Engages Broad Scholarly Discussions Religion Narrative Gender Theater Media Σελίδες: 360 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0708 Διαστάσεις: 15 2X15 2Cm