K. Foster

Chinese Literature and the Child

Children and Childhood in Late-Twentieth-Century Chinese Fiction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Tracking ideas of the child in Chinese society across the twentieth century, Kate Foster places fictional children within the story of the nation in a study of tropes and themes which range from images of strength and purity to the murderous and amoral.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-45680-2
• 1st ed. 2013
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 332g
• ISBN-13: 9781349456802
• ISBN-10: 1349456802
• Artikelnr.: 45077850

Autorenporträt

Kate Foster is an independent scholar of modern and contemporary Chinese literature.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements PART I Introduction 1. The Literary Child 2. Children of Reality and Fiction PART II 3. Child of Sorrow: The Arrested Infant 4. Corrupt Seed: The Tainted Progeny 5. As Happy as Orphans: The Abandoned Child 6. My Self Reclaimed: The Storytellers Conclusion Bibliography Index