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The Judge Dee Novels of R. H. van Gulik J. K. Van Dover

The Judge Dee Novels of R. H. van Gulik By J. K. Van Dover

The Judge Dee Novels of R. H. van Gulik by J. K. Van Dover


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Provides a comprehensive survey of Robert van Gulik's series of novels (1949-1968) featuring the Tang dynasty magistrate, Judge Dee. In addition to providing a synopsis of each of the Judge Dee stories, it examines van Gulik's achievement in two significant, related contexts: the development of detective fiction and the image of China in popular American literature of the twentieth century.

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The Judge Dee Novels of R. H. van Gulik Summary

The Judge Dee Novels of R. H. van Gulik: The Case of the Chinese Detective and the American Reader by J. K. Van Dover

The Judge Dee Novels provides a comprehensive survey of Robert van Gulik's series of novels (1949-1968) featuring the Tang dynasty magistrate, Judge Dee. In addition to providing a synopsis of each of the Judge Dee stories (with commentaries on the plots, the characters, and the thematic and historical aspects of each story), it examines van Gulik's achievement in two significant, related contexts: the development of detective fiction (both Chinese and Western) and the image of China in popular American literature of the twentieth century.

About J. K. Van Dover

J. K. Van Dover has taught courses on the detective story in Germany, Austria, and China. He is the author of ten books on detective fiction.

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CIN0786496215VG
9780786496211
0786496215
The Judge Dee Novels of R. H. van Gulik: The Case of the Chinese Detective and the American Reader by J. K. Van Dover
Used - Very Good
Paperback
McFarland & Co Inc
20141130
264
N/A
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