Modern Chinese Literary Thought

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Modern Chinese Literary Thought is written by Kirk A. Denton and published by Stanford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0804725594 (ISBN 10) and 9780804725590 (ISBN 13).

This volume presents a broad range of writings on modern Chinese literature. Of the fifty-five essays included, forty-seven are translated here for the first time, including two essays by Lu Xun. In addition, the editor has provided an extensive general introduction and shorter introductions to the five parts of the book, historical background, a synthesis of current scholarship on modern views of Chinese literature, and an original thesis on the complex formation of Chinese literary modernity. The collection reflects both the mainstream Marxist interpretation of the literary values of modern China and the marginalized views proscribed, at one time or another, by the leftist canon. It offers a full spectrum of modern Chinese perceptions of fundamental literary issues.