Li: Fictions Of Enlightenment: CL

Book Summary


Fictions of Enlightenment is the first book to examine the fascinating and intricate relationship between Buddhism and the development of Chinese vernacular fiction. Qiancheng Li brings Buddhist models to bear on the vision, structure, and narrative form of three classics of late imperial literature--Journey to the West, Tower of Myriad Mirrors, and Dream of the Red Chamber--arguing that by fashioning their plots after the narratives of certain Mahayana sutras, the novelists transformed Buddhist concepts into narrative structures. Within the traditional Chinese novel Li even defines a new genre: the fiction of enlightenment.

Book Details


Book Name Li: Fictions Of Enlightenment: CL
Author Qiancheng Li
Publisher University Of Hawaii Press (Jan 2004)
ISBN 9780824825973
Pages 296
Language English
Price 2913
 
 

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