Wandering Between Two Worlds - The Formative Years of Cao Xueqin 1715–1745 (Hardcover, New edition)

Wandering Between Two Worlds: The Formative Years of Cao Xueqin 1715–1745 is a biographical account of the first 30 years of the life of the eighteenth-century Chinese novelist who wrote Honglou meng (Dream of the Red Chamber). It covers Cao Xueqin’s life from his birth in Nanjing in 1715 to the time when it is roughly estimated he began to seriously write his massive work. The book attempts to provide a brisk but broad overview of the important familial, social, historical, literary, and intellectual influences on Cao and his decision to write Honglou meng. Wandering Between Two Worlds relies upon extensive interviews done with noted mainland Chinese scholars on the novel, such as Zhou Ruchang, Cai Yijiang, Duan Jiangli, Shen Zhijun, Zhang Qingshan, and Sun Yuming, during the author’s eight-year stay in China; recent research done by Western scholars on Qing dynasty literature, gender, qing, philosophy, and education; and insights from the burgeoning field of the New Qing history. This is only the second biography of Cao Xueqin’s life to appear in English, and the first to examine in detail his early life and to be written by a non-Chinese. It is intended for students of traditional Chinese literature and culture, as well as general readers interested in the novel and features a special foreword written by the distinguished redologist Zhou Ruchang.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Asian Thought and Culture, 68
Release date:	June 2014
First published:	2014
Authors:	Ronald R Gray
Dimensions:	230 x 150 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	243
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-1503-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > History > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4331-1503-4
Barcode:	9781433115035

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