The sea of regret: two turn-of-the-century Chinese romantic novels

Published within a few months of each other in 1906, Stones in the Sea by Fu Lin and The Sea of Regret by Wu Jianren take opposite sides in the heated turn-of-the-century debate over the place of romantic and sexual love and passion in Chinese life. The Sea of Regret, which came to be the most popul...

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Main Authors: Fu, Lin (Author), Wu, Jianren 1866-1910 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Chinese
Published: Honolulu Univ. of Hawai'i Press 1995
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Summary:Published within a few months of each other in 1906, Stones in the Sea by Fu Lin and The Sea of Regret by Wu Jianren take opposite sides in the heated turn-of-the-century debate over the place of romantic and sexual love and passion in Chinese life. The Sea of Regret, which came to be the most popular short novel of this period, is a response to the less well-known but equally significant Stones in the Sea
Taken together, this pair of novels provides a fascinating portrait of early twentieth-century China's struggle with its own cultural, ethical, and sexual redefinition
Item Description:Enth.: Fu, Lin: Stones in the sea - Qin hai shi. und Wu, Jianren: The sea of regret - Hen hai. - Aus dem Chines. übers.
Physical Description:IX, 205 S.
ISBN:0824816668
0824817095

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