{"product_id":"findesiecle-splendor-9780804728454","title":"FindeSiècle Splendor","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChallenging the reigning view of literary historians has been that the May Fourth movement of 1919 marks the division between the traditional and the modern in Chinese literature, this book argues that signs of reform and innovation can be discerned long before May Fourth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The outstanding merit of David Wang's Fin-de-siècle Splendor is bestcharacterized by quoting the concluding sentence of this impressive study oflate Qing fiction However preliminary, I hope this study has conveyed the sense of wonder and pleasure that any reader must feel when suddenly aware thata literature is on the verge of recovering itself, of letting all its voicesspeak as if the departing century had at least learned from its painful experiments and was ready to begin again - without the illusion of a wholly new beginning. ... Wang possesses a capacity that is sometimes deplorably rare among scholars: to demonstrate a genuine enthusiasm for his field of study and to transfer this enthusiasm to his readers.' Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  \t  \t\t  \t  \t  \t\t1  \t\t  \t  \t  \t\t2  \t\t  \t  \t  \t\t3  \t\t  \t  \t  \t\t4  \t\t  \t  \t  \t\t5  \t\t  \t  \t  \t\t6","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405513531735,"sku":"9780804728454","price":62.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804728454.jpg?v=1730492473","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/findesiecle-splendor-9780804728454","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}