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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794709003321

Autore

Rosenmeier Christopher

Titolo

On the margins of modernism : Xu Xu, Wumingshi and popular Chinese literature in the 1940s / / Christopher Rosenmeier [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2017

ISBN

1-4744-2646-8

1-4744-3480-0

0-7486-9637-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 139 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Edinburgh East Asian studies series

Disciplina

895.109005

Soggetti

Wumingshi - Criticism and interpretation

Chinese literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Modernism (Literature) - China

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jan 2018).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Tradition and Hybridity in Shi Zhecun and Mu Shiying -- 3 Wartime Literature between Tradition and Modernity -- 4 Boundaries of the Real in Xu Xu’s Fiction -- 5 Wumingshi and the Wartime Romances -- 6 Opposition, Imitation, Adaptation and Diffusion in Popular Chinese Literature -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Xu Xu and Wumingshi were among the most widely read authors in China during and after the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). This groundbreaking book re-establishes their importance within the popular Chinese literature of the 1940's, with in-depth analyses of their innovative short stories and novels.