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Jones, Andrew F.

Developmental fairy tales evolutionary thinking and modern Chinese culture Andrew F. Jones - Cambridge Harvard University Press 2011 - 259 p ill ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The "development" of modern Chinese literature -- The iron house of narrative: Lu Xun and the late Qing fiction of evolutionary adventure -- Inherit the wolf: Lu Xun, natural history, and narrative form -- The child as history in republican China: a discourse on development -- Playthings of history -- A narrow cage: Eroshenko, Lu Xun, and the modern Chinese fairy tale..

ISBN: 9780674047952 (alk. paper)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Lu, Xun 1881-1936
Eroshenko, Vasiliĭ 1890-1952

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Literature -- Modern Fiction -- Republican Era
Literature -- Modern Fiction -- Late Qing
Literature -- Modern Fiction -- Narrative Forms -- Republican Era
Literature -- Natural History -- Republican Era
Literature -- Modern Fiction -- Motive of Development -- Republican Era