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The Monster That Is History - History, Violence, and Fictional Writing in Twentieth-Century China (Paperback, New edition)
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The Monster That Is History - History, Violence, and Fictional Writing in Twentieth-Century China (Paperback, New edition)
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"This is a magnificent book--one of the most original and stunning
in the field of modern Chinese literature. The eight studies that
comprise the book unfold a vast canvas of twentieth-century China,
one that is filled with terror, violence, phantasmagoria, and
death. This is indeed the dark, ghostly side of the 'Chinese
Modern.' Wang's prodigious command of primary Chinese texts from
the entire literary legacy of twentieth century China is nothing
short of stunning. No other study in the field in any language is
remotely comparable to the richness and density of materials and
insights packed into the book."--Leo Ou-fan Lee, Professor of
Chinese Literature, Harvard University
"This is a revolutionary book, a series of connected essays that
lay bare 20th-century China's history of violence. The range and
quality of investigation into literary and historical
representations of pain are stunning; the material is as fresh as
the scholarly ends to which it contributes. An absolute must
read."--Howard Goldblatt, co-editor of "The Columbia Anthology of
Modern Chinese Literature"
"David Wang is in his element. In this monumental work on the
mutual implication of Chinese modernity and the representation of
violence, Wang is at once historical, critical, and mythopoetic.
The haunting metaphor of tauwu as monster and history gives this
book both a theoretical backbone and a contemplative richness that
goes beyond the genre of literary criticism. It is a masterpiece of
the finest caliber."--Jing Wang, S.C. Fang Professor of Chinese
Cultural Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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