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oapen-20.500.12657-758102024-03-28T09:55:19Z Novel Medicine Schonebaum, Andrew Asian studies, literary studies, medicine 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. 2023-08-28T08:10:46Z 2023-08-28T08:10:46Z 2016 book ONIX_20230828_9780295806327_23 9780295806327 9780295995182 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/75810 eng Modern Language Initiative Books application/pdf application/epub+zip n/a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9780295806327.pdf 9780295806327.epub https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295995182/novel-medicine University of Washington Press University of Washington Press 10.6069/9780295806327 10.6069/9780295806327 bf4ecffe-ae79-41c6-a4b1-18e7b7aac1b9 daf6b6ea-bb2a-4ef2-8a69-80df6f6120e5 9780295806327 9780295995182 University of Washington Press 296 Seattle [...] open access
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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.
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