The Judge Dee Novels of R.H. van Gulik

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.