Accidental Incest, Filial Cannibalism, and Other Peculiar Encounters in Late Imperial Chinese Literature

by Tina Lu

Described as "all under Heaven," the Chinese empire might have extended infinitely, covering all worlds and cultures. That ideology might have been convenient for the state, but what did late imperial people really think about the scope and limits of the human community?

Writers of late imperial fiction and drama were, the author argues, deeply engaged with questions about the nature of the Chinese empire and of the human community. Fiction...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674031563
• ISBN13: 9780674031562
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"