The Monster That Is History

Download or Read eBook The Monster That Is History PDF written by Dewei Wang and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004-10-04 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Monster That Is History
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 416
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ISBN-10 : 9780520238732
ISBN-13 : 0520238737
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Book Synopsis The Monster That Is History by : Dewei Wang

Book excerpt: In ancient China a monster called Taowu was known for both its vicious nature and its power to see the past and the future. Since the seventeenth century, fictive accounts of history have accommodated themselves to the monstrous nature of Taowu. Moving effortlessly across the entire twentieth-century literary landscape, David Der-wei Wang delineates the many meanings of Chinese violence and its literary manifestations.


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