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Record Nr.

UNINA9910252717503321

Autore

Qian Suoqiao

Titolo

Lin Yutang and China’s Search for Modern Rebirth [[electronic resource] /] / by Suoqiao Qian

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

981-10-4657-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 475 p. 12 illus.)

Collana

Canon and World Literature, , 2662-7841

Disciplina

400

Soggetti

Philology

Linguistics

Comparative literature

Chinese language

Language and Literature

Comparative Literature

Chinese

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a comprehensive examination of the socio-cultural and political context of modern China in terms of its interaction with America and the West, focusing on the influence of the well-known Chinese writer and intellectual Lin Yutang (1895-1976). Offering a unique study of the life and works of Lin Yutang, it highlights his intellectual legacy in modern China and considers how his cross-cultural life and ideas embodied the modern Chinese cultural experience. It notably focuses on Lin’s reputation as an outspoken critic of the infringement of human rights during the rise of the Communist regime in China, but also on his rediscovery of Chinese cultural resources. At a time when China’s cultural c ontributions are increasingly relevant worldwide, this book contributes to ongoing critical reflections of Chinese modernity, particularly in terms of its intellectual legacies, but also to a renewed understanding of the cross-



cultural interactions between China and America and a re-opening the dialogue and search for a new cultural understanding.