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Book Title
Substance of Fiction : Literary Objects in China, 1550-1775
ISBN
9780231199650
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, History
Publication Name
Substance of Fiction : Literary Objects in China, 1550-1775
Item Length
9 in
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Subject
Asian / Chinese, Asia / China, Linguistics / General
Series
Premodern East Asia: New Horizons Ser.
Publication Year
2022
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.6 in
Author
Sophie Volpp
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
13.1 Oz
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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Do the portrayals of objects in literary texts represent historical evidence about the material culture of the past? Or are things in books more than things in the world? Sophie Volpp considers fictional objects of the late Ming and Qing that defy being read as illustrative of historical things. Instead, she argues, fictional objects are often signs of fictionality themselves, calling attention to the nature of the relationship between literature and materiality. Volpp examines a series of objects--a robe, a box and a shell, a telescope, a plate-glass mirror, and a painting--drawn from the canonical works frequently mined for information about late imperial material culture, including the novels The Plum in the Golden Vase and The Story of the Stone as well as the short fiction of Feng Menglong, Ling Mengchu, and Li Yu. She argues that although fictional objects invite readers to think of them as illustrative, in fact, inconsistent and discontinuous representation disconnects the literary object from potential historical analogues. The historical resonances of literary objects illuminate the rhetorical strategies of individual works of fiction and, more broadly, conceptions of fictionality in the Ming and Qing. Rather than offering a transparent lens on the past, fictional objects train the reader to be aware of the fallibility of perception. A deeply insightful analysis of late Ming and Qing texts and reading practices, The Substance of Fiction has important implications for Chinese literary studies, history, and art history, as well as the material turn in the humanities.

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Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231199651
ISBN-13
9780231199650
eBay Product ID (ePID)
20050029467

Product Key Features

Author
Sophie Volpp
Publication Name
Substance of Fiction : Literary Objects in China, 1550-1775
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Asian / Chinese, Asia / China, Linguistics / General
Series
Premodern East Asia: New Horizons Ser.
Publication Year
2022
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, History
Number of Pages
256 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
13.1 Oz

Additional Product Features

LCCN
2021-038662
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lc Classification Number
Pl2436.V65 2022
Reviews
This is the most sophisticated engagement to date with the 'material turn' in literary studies, as it applies to classic Chinese fiction. In its elegant exposition of how fictional objects are not literary instantiations of historical objects, The Substance of Fiction makes a significant intervention in current debates about textuality and materiality., This is the most sophisticated engagement to date with the 'material turn' in literary studies as it applies to classic Chinese fiction. In its elegant exposition of how fictional objects are not literary instantiations of historical objects, The Substance of Fiction makes a significant intervention in current debates about textuality and materiality., A pioneering work that firmly brings the study of things into the fold of Chinese literary studies. Volpp's ability to read literary text with an eye for the material detail is unmatched. Moving through a rich host of late imperial texts, Volpp offers new and startling insights into texts we thought we already knew., Through sophisticated and brilliant close reading of selected texts, Sophie Volpp illuminates the significance of objects for early modern Chinese fiction from the point of view of material and visual culture. The Substance of Fiction is a must-read for students in early modern Chinese literature and culture., Through sophisticated and brilliant close reading of selected texts, Sophie Volpp illuminates the significance of objects for early-modern Chinese fiction from the point of view of material and visual culture. The Substance of Fiction: Literary Objects in China, 1550-1775 is a must read for students in early-modern Chinese literature and culture., The Substance of Fiction adroitly navigates the material and literary worlds of Ming-Qing China to explore the centrality of things in vernacular writing. Examining new techniques of description and depiction, purposefully designed to question the nature of the "real" world and its unstable reflection in fiction, this book is a major contribution to scholarship on a transformative period., Through a persistent excavation of the rich and often paradoxical meaning of fictional objects, Sophie Volpp reveals a previously neglected aspect of the vernacular fiction of late imperial China, and in so doing expands the general conception of fictionality in literary creation. A marvelous book!, Through a persistent excavation of the rich and often paradoxical meaning of fictional objects, Volpp reveals a previously neglected aspect of the vernacular fiction of late imperial China. She reminds us that far from illustrating reality, fictional objects acquire power and life from engendering unfamiliarity and confusion, thereby fashioning a material world interior to the text. A marvelous book., [Volpp's] successful reexamination of canonical literary texts demonstrates the possibility of yielding exciting findings even in frequently discussed fields, not only by engaging in dialogue with previous scholarship but also through meticulous observations guided by new perspectives.
Table of Content
Introduction: The Substance of Fiction 1. The Python Robe of The Plum in the Golden Vase 2. Ling Mengchu's Shell 3. Du Shiniang's Jewel Box 4. Li Yu's Telescope 5. The Plate-Glass Mirror in The Story of the Stone 6. Historicizing Recession via The Story of the Stone and the Juanqinzhai Conclusion: Literary Objects Notes Bibliography Index
Dewey Decimal
895.134609
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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