Novel Medicine: Healing, Literature, and Popular Knowledge in Early Modern China Contributor(s): Schonebaum, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0295995181 ISBN-13: 9780295995182 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $103.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - Chinese - History | Asia - China - Medical | History |
Dewey: 895.134 |
LCCN: 2015038296 |
Series: Modern Language Initiative Books |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.9" W x 9.1" (1.15 lbs) 296 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: By examining the dynamic interplay between discourses of fiction and medicine, Novel Medicine demonstrates how fiction incorporated, created, and disseminated medical knowledge in China, beginning in the sixteenth century. Critical readings of fictional and medical texts provide a counterpoint to prevailing narratives that focus only on the "literati" aspects of the novel, showing that these texts were not merely read, but were used by a wide variety of readers for a range of purposes. The intersection of knowledge--fictional and real, elite and vernacular--illuminates the history of reading and daily life and challenges us to rethink the nature of Chinese literature. |