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In this title, fifty essays by thirty Chinese writers bring to vivid life a period in which modernization and republicanism coexisted within classical Chinese culture. Unlike the more thematically social and political fiction of the May Fourth movement, these xiaopin wen, or modern essays, address their readers with a unique intimacy, adopting a highly 'personal' voice that is quietly meditative, lyrical, discreet, and at times full of wit and melancholy. Tam King-fai provides an introduction that supplies critical literary and historical background on the relationship between xiaopin wen and the May Fourth movement, in addition to explanatory notes and commentary concerning the importance of the form's lyric aestheticism.

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      Publisher: The Chinese University Press
      Publication Date: 30/10/2012
      ISBN13: 9789629964238, 978-9629964238
      ISBN10: 9629964236
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      Essays Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this title, fifty essays by thirty Chinese writers bring to vivid life a period in which modernization and republicanism coexisted within classical Chinese culture. Unlike the more thematically social and political fiction of the May Fourth movement, these xiaopin wen, or modern essays, address their readers with a unique intimacy, adopting a highly 'personal' voice that is quietly meditative, lyrical, discreet, and at times full of wit and melancholy. Tam King-fai provides an introduction that supplies critical literary and historical background on the relationship between xiaopin wen and the May Fourth movement, in addition to explanatory notes and commentary concerning the importance of the form's lyric aestheticism.

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