{"product_id":"a-cultural-history-of-modern-chinese-literature-hardback-9781107069497","title":"A Cultural History of Modern Chinese Literature (Hardback) 9781107069497","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Cultural History of Modern Chinese Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first English translation of Wu Fuhui's cultural history of modern Chinese literature from the late nineteenth century to 1949.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFuhui Wu (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107069497, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 February 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e856 pages, 680 b\/w illus.  10 maps  21 tables\u003cbr\u003e26 x 18.4 x 4.3 cm, 1.94 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is an illustrated cultural history of the emergence of modern literature in China from the late nineteenth century through the early years of the Chinese Republic, the 1930s and the war period, ending in 1949. Wu Fuhui takes an interdisciplinary approach to the topic, drawing in book production, translation, popular and elite texts, international influences and political history. Presented here in English translation for the first time, Wu argues that this was a transformative period in Chinese literature informed both by developments in China's domestic history and the dynamics of global circulation and encounter.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of maps\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Introduction to the English edition David Der-wei Wang\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Promise of New Opportunities: 1. Wangping Street – Fuzhou Road: change of the scene of Chinese literature\u003cbr\u003e 2. Vernacular newspapers and transformation of the written language of literature\u003cbr\u003e 3. Earliest intellectuals with global outlook\u003cbr\u003e 4. The 'new literary style' movement, a political motion in origin\u003cbr\u003e 5. Chronicle of literary events in the year 1903 (an era of literary accumulation)\u003cbr\u003e 6. The rising of urban popular novels in an emerging international trading centre\u003cbr\u003e 7. Emerging elites of the south society\u003cbr\u003e 8. From Suzhou and Yangzhou to Shanghai: literature of the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly Literary School\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The May Fourth Enlightenment Movement: 9. Introduction of spoken drama into China: the earliest theatre performances\u003cbr\u003e 10. Building a bridge to world literature\u003cbr\u003e 11. Incubation of a literary revolution home and abroad\u003cbr\u003e 12. Rise of radicals from the New Youth and Peking University and Conservatives' Counter Claims\u003cbr\u003e 13. Chronicle of literary events in the year 1921 (an era of literary enlightenment)\u003cbr\u003e 14. A literary niche created by newspapers, magazines and publishing houses of Beijing and Shanghai\u003cbr\u003e 15. Leading breakthroughs in modern vernacular poetry and short stories\u003cbr\u003e 16. A history of the dissemination and acceptance of 'The True Story of Ah Q'\u003cbr\u003e 17. 'Yu Si', 'casual talks' and vernacular prose style\u003cbr\u003e 18. Discovery of peasants and local colours by earlier native-soil literature\u003cbr\u003e 19. Literary solace for urban citizens\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Coexistence of Diverse Types of Literature: 20. To the South: the return of literary centre\u003cbr\u003e 21. Popularity, deepening and disputes of the left-wing literature\u003cbr\u003e 22. Novels strongly characteristic of the era\u003cbr\u003e 23. The successive boom of era-specific and individualized literary writings\u003cbr\u003e 24. The graceful beauties of Belles-lettres by Beijing School Authors\u003cbr\u003e 25. The new sensations of Shanghai School in the modern metropolis\u003cbr\u003e 26. The literary horizon of two types of civilian society\u003cbr\u003e 27. The professional theatre spoken drama in its mature stage\u003cbr\u003e 28. Chronicle of literary events in the year 1936 (an era of diversification)\u003cbr\u003e 29. Interactions between cinematographic art and literature\u003cbr\u003e 30. Timely and overall embrace of world literature\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Under the Clouds of War: 31. Forming of multiple literary centres under the clouds of war\u003cbr\u003e 32. Intellectuals' economic conditions and their writing lifestyle\u003cbr\u003e 33. Chongqing: national salvation literature, from boom to split\u003cbr\u003e 34. Yan'an: from the wartime art and literature for the masses to the guiding principle of art and literature for workers, peasants and soldiers\u003cbr\u003e 35. Guilin: the upsurge of theatre and publishing phenomenon of the wartime 'cultural city'\u003cbr\u003e 36. Kunming: reflections on personal experience of the era\u003cbr\u003e 37. Shanghai and others: the pain of homelessness and the roundabout development of urban popular literature\u003cbr\u003e 38. Hong Kong and Taiwan: separation, autonomy and growth of new literature\u003cbr\u003e 39. From peasants to urban citizens: new momentum for the development of popular literature\u003cbr\u003e 40. Chronicle of literary events in the year 1948 (an era of transition)\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary reference works [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary reference works\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20reference%20works%20%5BDSR%5D%22\"\u003eDSR\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: from c 1900 - [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: from c 1900 -\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20from%20c%201900%20-%20%5BDSBH%5D%22\"\u003eDSBH\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201800%20to%20c%201900%20%20%5BDSBF%5D%22\"\u003eDSBF\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265573212440,"sku":"9781107069497","price":156.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107069497i.jpg?v=1692024319","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-cultural-history-of-modern-chinese-literature-hardback-9781107069497","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}