Novel Medicine : Healing, Literature, and Popular Knowledge in Early Modern China
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Novel Medicine
ISBN-10
0295744316
ISBN-13
9780295744315
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Imprint
University of Washington Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 2nd, 2018
Print length
277 Pages
Weight
370 grams
Dimensions
14.50 x 22.00 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Literature: history & criticismAsian historyHistory of medicine
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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. The open access publication of this book was made possible by a grant from the James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation. DOI: 10.6069/9780295806327
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