I-Hsien Wu holds a PhD and an MA in premodern Chinese literature from Columbia University and a BA in music from Boston University. Her research focuses on late-imperial Chinese literature and its interaction with modern media culture. Her publication includes Eroticism and Other Literary Conventions in Chinese Literature: Intertextuality in The Story of the Stone (New York: Cambria, 2017), a chapter in the MLA volume Approaches to Teaching The Story of the Stone (Dream of the Red Chamber), and essays in journals such as Ming Qing Studies and Chinese Literature and Culture.

Ph.D., Pre-modern Chinese Literature, Columbia University.

Scholarly Publications:

Eroticism and Other Literary Conventions in Chinese Literature: Intertextuality in The Story of the Stone (New York: Cambria Press, 2017)

“Imagineering Daguan yuan: A Search for Fictional Authenticity,” Revisiting Hongloumeng Studies: Literary and Translation Perspectives, ed. Riccardo Moratto (London and New York: Routledge, forthcoming)

“Lust as Prerequisite: Eroticism in The Story of the Stone,” Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture (Spring 2017)

“Burying Fallen Blossoms: Honglou meng across Media,” Ming Qing Studies (2016), 189-210.

“Enlightenment through Feelings: Poetry, Music, and Drama in The Story of the Stone,” Approaches to Teaching The Story of the Stone (Dream of the Red Chamber), eds. Andrew Schonebaum and Tina Lu (New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2012), 296-316.

Book Reviews:

Xiaoqiao Ling. Feeling the Past in Seventeenth-Century China. Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (forthcoming)

Wilt L. Idema. Mouse vs. Cat in Chinese Literature: Tales and Commentary. The Journal of Asian Studies, 79(3), 757-760.

Liao Hsien-hao. Honglou meng de butian zhi hen: Guozu yuyan yu yimin qinghuai (Regrets in repairing the sky: national allegory and Ming loyalist sentiments in The Story of the Stone). Bulletin of the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Number 52 (2019)

Creative Writings:

“Xiaomao Yidi” (Edy the Kitty). World Journal. 9/23/2021

“Yijian hong maoyi” (A Red Sweater). World Journal. 11/13/2019

“Cihun xiaoji” (Porcelain Anniversary). World Journal. 1/1/2019