The Dreaming Mind and the End of the Ming World

by Lynn A. Struve and Struve

Book Overview

From the mid-sixteenth through the end of the seventeenth century, Chinese intellectuals attended more to dreams and dreaming--and in a wider array of genres--than in any other period of Chinese history. Taking the approach of cultural history, this ambitious yet accessible work aims both to describe the most salient aspects of this "dream arc" and to explain its trajectory in time through the writings, arts, and practices of well-known thinkers,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824875257
• ISBN13: 9780824875251
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"