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Nan Z. Da

Nan Z. Da
Nan Z. Da is associate professor of English at Johns Hopkins University and the author of Intransitive Encounters: Sino-US Literatures and the Limits of Exchange.


Tyranny as Tragedy: On King Lear, Maoist China and the Unpredictable Nature of Power

Nan Z. Da Explores the Similarities Between Shakespeare’s Play and 20th-Century Totalitarian Reality
June 10, 2025  By Nan Z. Da
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