| Author/Contributor(s): | Levy, Dore |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
| Date: | 04/01/1999 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
Levy explores the classic Chinese novelThe Story of the Stone(also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber), illuminating the work by interpreting its four major themes: the inversion of traditional family dynamics, the function of illness and medicine in a Buddhist society, the role of poetry in a dynastic Chinese society, and the use of poetry as a vehicle for spiritual retribution.