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- catalog abstract ""In the Ming and Qing periods, the Chinese read fiction in editions with extensive commentary printed on the same page as the fiction itself. This commentary was concerned less with helping the reader understand the 'letter' of the text than with drawing the reader's attention to its more notable aspects through emphatic punctuation (similar to our underlining, italics, or highlighting) and evaluative comments. Authors developed four different approaches to the challenges this type of commentary presented: they wrote their own commentary; they modeled aspects of their narrators on fiction commentators; they left space in their texts for readers to compose their own commentaries; or they combined these approaches. This book is the first concerted effort to see how the existence of the commentary tradition affected the development of Chinese fiction." -- Publisher description.".
- catalog contributor b9422190.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description ""In the Ming and Qing periods, the Chinese read fiction in editions with extensive commentary printed on the same page as the fiction itself. This commentary was concerned less with helping the reader understand the 'letter' of the text than with drawing the reader's attention to its more notable aspects through emphatic punctuation (similar to our underlining, italics, or highlighting) and evaluative comments. Authors developed four different approaches to the challenges this type of commentary presented: they wrote their own commentary; they modeled aspects of their narrators on fiction commentators; they left space in their texts for readers to compose their own commentaries; or they combined these approaches. This book is the first concerted effort to see how the existence of the commentary tradition affected the development of Chinese fiction." -- Publisher description.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-382) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Traditional Chinese Fiction Commentary in Context -- pt. I.A Brief History of Chinese Fiction Commentary. 1. Mr. Pingdian: Jin Shengtan and the Shuihu zhuan. 2. Dealing with Jin Shengtan and the Rest of the "Four Masterworks" 3. Decline and Revival -- pt. II. Making Room for Fiction. 4. Creating Implied Authors and Readers. 5. Liberating Fiction from History. 6. Liberating Fiction from "Reality" -- pt. III. From What to Who: The Turn Away from Plot. 7. From Plot-Centered to Character-Centered Narratives. 8. Relational Characterization and Ambiguous Characters -- pt. IV. How to Write the Chinese Novel. 9. Fiction Criticism and How the Story Is Told. 10. Articulating the Parts -- pt. V. Four Solutions to the Challenge of Commentary. 11. Auto-commentary: The Xiyou bu and the Shuihu houzhuan. 12. Commentator-Narrators: Li Yu, Ding Yaokang, and Wen Kang. 13. Latent Commentary: The Rulin waishi. 14. Everything All at Once: The Honglou meng.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 428 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0804727201 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog language "engchi chi".
- catalog publisher "Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,".
- catalog subject "895.1/3009 20".
- catalog subject "Chinese fiction Book reviews.".
- catalog subject "Chinese fiction History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PL2415 .R65 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Traditional Chinese Fiction Commentary in Context -- pt. I.A Brief History of Chinese Fiction Commentary. 1. Mr. Pingdian: Jin Shengtan and the Shuihu zhuan. 2. Dealing with Jin Shengtan and the Rest of the "Four Masterworks" 3. Decline and Revival -- pt. II. Making Room for Fiction. 4. Creating Implied Authors and Readers. 5. Liberating Fiction from History. 6. Liberating Fiction from "Reality" -- pt. III. From What to Who: The Turn Away from Plot. 7. From Plot-Centered to Character-Centered Narratives. 8. Relational Characterization and Ambiguous Characters -- pt. IV. How to Write the Chinese Novel. 9. Fiction Criticism and How the Story Is Told. 10. Articulating the Parts -- pt. V. Four Solutions to the Challenge of Commentary. 11. Auto-commentary: The Xiyou bu and the Shuihu houzhuan. 12. Commentator-Narrators: Li Yu, Ding Yaokang, and Wen Kang. 13. Latent Commentary: The Rulin waishi. 14. Everything All at Once: The Honglou meng.".
- catalog title "Traditional Chinese fiction and fiction commentary : reading and writing between the lines / David L. Rolston.".
- catalog type "Book reviews. fast".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".