LEADER 03282nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910818525403321 005 20240417053817.0 010 $a1-283-86477-0 010 $a0-7748-2374-7 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774823746 035 $a(CKB)2550000000707417 035 $a(EBL)3412829 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001339681 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11915153 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001339681 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11351311 035 $a(PQKB)11186395 035 $a(CEL)444834 035 $a(OCoLC)824177585 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00231397 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412829 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse49108 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412829 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10634010 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL417727 035 $a(OCoLC)923449416 035 $a(DE-B1597)662202 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774823746 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000707417 100 $a20121228d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMilestones on a golden road$b[electronic resource] $ewriting for Chinese socialism, 1945-80 /$fRichard King 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aVancouver $cUBC Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (297 p.) 225 0 $aContemporary Chinese Studies 225 0$aContemporary Chinese studies 311 $a0-7748-2372-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. The war years and the search for form, 1945-48 -- pt. 2. The great leap forward and the stuff of heroism, 1959-62 -- pt. 3. The cultural revolution and the spirit of struggle, 1972-76 -- pt. 4. After Mao : reversing judgments, 1979-80. 330 $aIn Milestones on a Golden Road, Richard King presents pivotal works of fiction produced in four key periods of Chinese revolutionary history: the civil war (1945-49), the Great Leap Forward (1958-60), the Cultural Revolution (1966-76), and the post-Mao catharsis (1979-80). Taking its cues from the Soviet Union's optimistic depictions of a society liberated by Communism, the official Chinese literature of this era is characterized by grand narratives of progress. Addressing questions of literary production, King looks at how writers dealt with shifting ideological demands, what indigenous and imported traditions inspired them, and how they were able to depict a utopian Communist future to their readers, even as the present took a very different turn. Early "red classics" were followed by works featuring increasingly lurid images of joyful socialism, and later by fiction exposing the Mao era as an age of irrationality, arbitrary rule, and suffering ? a Golden Road that had led to nowhere. 410 0$aContemporary Chinese studies. 606 $aChinese literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSocialism in literature 607 $aChina$xIn literature 615 0$aChinese literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSocialism in literature. 676 $a895.1090052 700 $aKing$b Richard$0108858 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818525403321 996 $aMilestones on a golden road$94026488 997 $aUNINA