{"product_id":"rereading-the-stone-desire-and-the-making-of-fiction-in-dream-of-the-red-chamber-paperback","title":"Rereading the Stone: Desire and the Making of Fiction in Dream of the Red Chamber - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony C. Yu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe eighteenth-century \u003ci\u003eHongloumeng\u003c\/i\u003e, known in English as \u003ci\u003eDream of the Red Chamber\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, is generally considered to be the greatest of Chinese novels--one that masterfully blends realism and romance, psychological motivation and fate, daily life and mythical occurrences, as it narrates the decline of a powerful Chinese family. In this path-breaking study, Anthony Yu goes beyond the customary view of \u003ci\u003eHongloumeng\u003c\/i\u003e as a vivid reflection of late imperial Chinese culture by examining the novel as a story about fictive representation. Through a maze of literary devices, the novel challenges the authority of history as well as referential biases in reading. At the heart of \u003ci\u003e Hongloumeng\u003c\/i\u003e, Yu argues, is the narration of desire. Desire appears in this tale as the defining trait and problem of human beings and at the same time shapes the novel's literary invention and effect. According to Yu, this focalizing treatment of desire may well be \u003ci\u003eHongloumeng\u003c\/i\u003e's most distinctive accomplishment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through close readings of selected episodes, Yu analyzes principal motifs of the narrative, such as dream, mirror, literature, religious enlightenment, and rhetorical reflexivity in relation to fictive representation. He contextualizes his discussions with a comprehensive genealogy of \u003ci\u003eqing\u003c\/i\u003e--desire, disposition, sentiment, feeling--a concept of fundamental importance in historical Chinese culture, and shows how the text ingeniously exploits its multiple meanings. Spanning a wide range of comparative literary sources, Yu creates a new conceptual framework in which to reevaluate this masterpiece.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A study of the very highest quality and value. Anthony Yu breaks new ground on a number of topics that are central to the interpretation of the novel and, in numerous instances, to Chinese literature as a whole. \u003ci\u003eRereading the Stone\u003c\/i\u003e will establish itself as the single most important work on the novel's interpretation.\"\u003cb\u003e--Patrick Hanan, Harvard University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRereading the Stone\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderfully perceptive and capacious treatment of two important issues in Hongloumeng: desire and fictionality.... Anthony Yu's book is a \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cb\u003e--Wai-Yee Li, Princeton University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony C. Yu\u003c\/b\u003e is the Carl Darling Buck Distinguished Service Professor in the Humanities at the University of Chicago, where he teaches in the Divinity School, in the departments of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, English, and Comparative Literature, and serves on the Committee on Social Thought. He is best known for his complete, annotated translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Journey to the West\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 8.98 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47452278849714,"sku":"9780691090139","price":99.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/4cda5b46e430a3ff593276fbabbed89f.webp?v=1778812456","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/rereading-the-stone-desire-and-the-making-of-fiction-in-dream-of-the-red-chamber-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}