Author: Denton, Kirk A.: editor
Title: Modern Chinese Literary Thought: Writings on Literature 1893-1945
Description: Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1996. orig.cloth. 23x16cm, xvi, 554 pp. Minor rubbing. Some light page-edge soil. VG. ¶ Contains 56 papers. Includes: The Late Qing Period, 1893-1911: H. Zunxian "Preface to 'Poems from the Hut in the Human World' "; L. Qichao "Foreword to the Publication of Political Novels in Translation"; L. Qichao "On the Relationship Between Fiction and the Government of the People"; L. Shu " Preface to ' Oliver Twist' "; L. Shu "Preface to Part One of 'David Copperfield' "; L. Shipei "Miscellaneous Notes on Literature (Excerpts)"; W. Guowei "Incidental Remarks on Literature"; L. Xun "On the Power of Mara Poetry"; The May Fourth Period, 1915-1925: H. Shi "Some Modest Proposals for the Reform of Literature"; C. Duxiu "On the Literary Revolution"; L. Shu "Nightmare"; Z. Zuoren "Humane Literature"; Y. Shengtao "On the Literary Arts (excerpts)"; Xu Zhimo "Art and Life"; C. Yuanpei "Replacing Religion with Aesthetic Education"; M. Dun "Literature and Life"; L. Xun " On Photography"; G. Moruo "Preface to 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' "; L. Shiqia "Fusing with Nature"; M. Guangdi "A Critique of the New Culturists";Z. Zuoren "Women and Literature"; B. Xin On 'Literary Criticism' "; L. Yin "My Opinions on Creativity"; L. Xun "Preface to 'Call to Arms' "; W. Dungen "Remarks on the Publication of 'Saturday' "; Z. Shoujuan " Congratulations to 'Happy Magazine' "; C. Fangwu "The Mission of the New Literature"; Revolutionary Literature, 1923-1930: Y. Dafu "Class Struggle in Literature"; C. Fangwu "From a Literary Revolution to a Revolutionary Literature"; Q. Xingcun "The Bygone Age of Ah Q"; M. Dun "On Reading 'Ni Huanzhi' "; L. Shiqiu "Literature and Revolution"...

Keywords: Chinese Literary Criticism, China, Literature, Twentieth-Century, History, Critical Theory, East Asia, ,