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Ideal and Actual in IThe Story of the StoneI
Ideal and Actual in IThe Story of the StoneI Author:Dore J. Levy Levy explores the classic Chinese novel The 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... more » use of poetry as a vehicle for spiritual retribution.« less