Transmutations of Desire: Literature and Religion in Late Imperial China - Hardcover

Qiancheng Li (author)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9882371221 ISBN 13: 9789882371224

Publisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 2021

Synopsis

In the West, love occupies center stage in the modern age, whether in art, intellectual life, or the economic life. We may observe a similar development in China, on its own impetus, which has resulted in this characteristic of modernity―this feature of modern life has been securely and unambiguously established, not the least facilitated by the thriving of literature about qing, whether in traditional or modern forms.

Qiancheng Li concentrates on the nuances of a similar trend manifested in the Chinese context. The emphasis is on critical readings of the texts that have shaped this trend, including important Ming? and Qing?dynasty works of drama, Buddhist texts and other religious/philosophical works, in all their subtlety and evocative power.

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About the Author

Qiancheng Li is Associate Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature at Louisiana State University. He is the author of Fictions of Enlightenment: “Journey to the West,” “Tower of Myriad Mirrors,” and “Dream of the Red Chamber”; the editor and annotator of the variorum, critical edition of Xiyou bu; and the co?translator, with Robert E. Hegel, of it, titled Further Adventures on the Journey to the West (2020).

Edition details

• Publisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9882371221
• ISBN 13: 9789882371224
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 316