From Youthful Manuscripts to River Elegy

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From Youthful Manuscripts to River Elegy is written by Fangzheng Chen and published by Chinese University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9622017622 (ISBN 10) and 9789622017627 (ISBN 13).

The narrative has two parallel lines of development, which constantly interact with each other: the political transformation of China during the critical dozen years 1977-89; and the cultural movement itself. The latter is followed from an abortive attempt in 1982 to publish the minjian journal Youthful Manuscripts, through the blossoming of many popular cultural enterprises, including the potent River Elegy television series, and finally to the Tiananmen tragedy, at which point the two lines of development finally coalesced. The book is filled with details, including the background, character, and personal connections of a large number of people who are related to the movement, which make interesting reading and can be a useful source for further studies.