Publisher's Synopsis
"The purpose of this study is to delve into the apprehension and appreciation of objects of art, literary and visual, in the Chinese tradition as revealed in The Story of the Stone and offer a window on both the novel and the realm of visual culture it represents. This study also explores the notion of vignettism as the underlying structural principle, not only of Chinese narrative literature, but of all Chinese art forms in which an extended sequence of elements forms the basis of an integrated work of art"--.
