{"product_id":"9781041030867","title":"Visual Subjectivity in Chinese and American Thought and Literature","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRoutledge Research on Asian Literature\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eVisual Subjectivity in Chinese and American Thought and Literature\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGuozhong Duan | Ming Dong Gu\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Asian \/ Chinese\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProviding the reader with a systematic study of visual subjectivity in comparative thought and literature, this book analyses the role that vision and visuality, especially interpersonal visuality, plays in the constitution of subject and subjectivity in Chinese and American traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExamining the formation of visual subjectivity in the philosophical works by major Chinese and Western thinkers, this book provides a comparative study of four masterworks of Chinese and American fiction, focusing on The Plum in the Golden Vase, The Story of the Stone, Moby Dick, and The Scarlet Letter. It demonstrates that there are both psychologically universal and culturally specific factors and features in the visual constitution and representation of self, identity, subject, and subjectivity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOffering fresh insights for cross-cultural studies of intellectual thought, literature, ideology, and culture through the visual lens, this book will appeal to students and scholars engaged in comparative studies of Chinese and American thought, literature, and narrative theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGuozhong Duan received his PhD in literary studies from the University of Texas at Dallas and is currently an associate professor of foreign studies in Yangzhou University, China. He has published numerous Chinese and English articles in journals and volumes including \u003ci\u003eJournal of Qinghua University, Journal of Zhejiang University, Journal of Dr. Sun Yat-sen University, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSocial Sciences Abroad\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRoutledge Handbook of Modern Chinese Literature\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMing Dong Gu is the Ketherine R. Cecil Professor in the Bass School of Arts, Humanities, Technology at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has authored 5 English monographs and edited three English volumes. His recent publications include: \u003ci\u003eThe Nature and Rationale of Zen\/Chan and Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e (2024); \u003ci\u003eFusion of Critical Horizons in Chinese and Western Language, Poetics, and Aesthetics \u003c\/i\u003e(2021), and \u003ci\u003eRoutledge Handbook of Modern Chinese Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2019). In addition, he has published more than 160 articles in English and Chinese journals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoutledge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781041030867\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e248\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63761388503180,"sku":"9781041030867","price":58.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781041030867","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}