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

• Autore: Rosenmeier Christopher
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vi, 139 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 895.109005
• Soggetto topico: Wumingshi - Criticism and interpretation; Chinese literature - 20th century - History and criticism; Modernism (Literature) - China
• Soggetto geografico: China
• Soggetto genere / forma: Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: On the margins of modernism
• ISBN: 1-4744-2646-8; 1-4744-3480-0; 0-7486-9637-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828172903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Edinburgh East Asian Studies series.