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Provides a comprehensive survey of Robert van Gulik's series of novels (1949-1968) featuring the Tang dynasty magistrate, Judge Dee. In addition to providing a synopsis of each of the Judge Dee stories, it examines van Gulik's achievement in two significant, related contexts: the development of detective fiction and the image of China in popular American literature of the twentieth century.

The Judge Dee Novels of R. H. van Gulik

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      Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/11/2014
      ISBN13: 9780786496211, 978-0786496211
      ISBN10: 786496215

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      Book Synopsis
      Provides a comprehensive survey of Robert van Gulik's series of novels (1949-1968) featuring the Tang dynasty magistrate, Judge Dee. In addition to providing a synopsis of each of the Judge Dee stories, it examines van Gulik's achievement in two significant, related contexts: the development of detective fiction and the image of China in popular American literature of the twentieth century.

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