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Fictions Family

Ellen Widmer

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  • 352 sidor
  • 2016
At the end of the Qing dynasty, works of fiction by male authors placed women in new roles. Fictions Family delves into the writings of one literary family from western Zhejiang whose works were emblematic of shifting attitudes toward women. The mother, Wang Qingdi, and the father, Zhan Sizeng, published their poems during the second half of the nineteenth century. Two of their four sons, Zhan Xi and Zhan Kai, wrote novels that promoted reforms in womens lives. This book explores the intergenerational link, as well as relations between the sons, to find out how the conflicts faced by the parents may have been refigured in the novels of their sons. Its central question is about the brothers reformist attitudes. Were they based on the pronouncements of political leaders? Were they the result of trends in Shanghai publishing? Or did they derive from Wang Qingdis disappointment in her companionate marriage, as manifested in her poems? By placing one family at the center of this study, Ellen Widmer illuminates the diachronic bridge between the late Qing and the period just before it, the synchronic interplay of genres during the brothers lifetimes, and the interaction of Shanghai publishing with regions outside Shanghai.
  • Författare: Ellen Widmer
  • Illustratör: illustrations
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9780674088375
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 352
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2016-03-14
  • Förlag: Harvard University, Asia Center