Dr. An-chi Wang's lucid and cogent study analyzes a most important feature in Gulliver's Travels and Ching-hua yuan . What distinguishes her østudy! is the care with which she discusses the implications of Bakhtin's theory of Menippean satire for Chinese-Western comparative literature, and her alertness to political nuances. She explores the subject marvelously well, meticulously balancing textual evidence with persuasive explanations. (Ping-hui Liao, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan) A far-ranging survey of the Menippean satire; an ingenious presentation of a nineteenth-century Chinese classic in terms of the genre. (David D.W. Wang, Columbia University) ukryj opis