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This study of the Chinese novel in the eighteenth century focuses on the autobiographical features of three important works: The Dream of the Red Chamber, or The Story of the Stone (Honglou meng), The Scholars (Rulin waishi), and the relatively neglected The Humble Words of an Old Rustic (Yesou puyan).

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"This brilliant, lucid volume—a 'must read' for students of Chinese literature and researchers on self-representation in the genres of autobiography and the European autobiographical novel—provides all the necessary historical and literary background required to follow the author's insightful critical analysis." -- Choice

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Introduction 1. The problematic literati self and autobiographical sensibility in the novel 2. The self masqueraded: auto/biographical strategies in The Scholars 3. The self displaced: women and growing up in The Dream of the Red Chamber 4. The self reinvented: memory and forgetfulness in The Humble Words of an Old Rustic Conclusion.

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      Publisher Stanford University Press
      Published 1 June 1995
      ISBN-13 9780804724623
      978-0804724623
      ISBN-10 0804724628

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study of the Chinese novel in the eighteenth century focuses on the autobiographical features of three important works: The Dream of the Red Chamber, or The Story of the Stone (Honglou meng), The Scholars (Rulin waishi), and the relatively neglected The Humble Words of an Old Rustic (Yesou puyan).

      Trade Review
      "This brilliant, lucid volume—a 'must read' for students of Chinese literature and researchers on self-representation in the genres of autobiography and the European autobiographical novel—provides all the necessary historical and literary background required to follow the author's insightful critical analysis." -- Choice

      Table of Contents
      Introduction 1. The problematic literati self and autobiographical sensibility in the novel 2. The self masqueraded: auto/biographical strategies in The Scholars 3. The self displaced: women and growing up in The Dream of the Red Chamber 4. The self reinvented: memory and forgetfulness in The Humble Words of an Old Rustic Conclusion.

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