Fiction's family

By Ellen Widmer

Subjects: Chinese literature, history and criticism, Women, Women, social conditions, Criticism and interpretation, Family, Women, china, Women in literature, Publishers and publishing, History and criticism, Social conditions, History, Women and literature, Chinese literature, Publishers and publishing, china

Description: "Explores the writings of one western Zhejiang literary family whose works were emblematic of shifting attitudes towards women. Placing this family at the center of this study, the author illuminates the bridge between the late Qing and the previous period, the interplay of genres during the family's lifetimes, and the interaction of Shanghai publishing with other regions"--