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Book SynopsisLiu Zaifu 劉再復 is a name that has already been ingrained within contemporary Chinese literary history. This landmark volume presents Anglophone readers with Liu’s profound reflections on Chinese literature and culture at different times. These critical essays deal with cultural criticism and literary theory, literary history, and individual modern and contemporary Chinese writers.
Trade Review"From an editorial perspective, the selection of essays and the quality of the translations are very good, and both the volume’s preface (authored by David Der-wei Wang) and introduction (authored by the volume’s co-editors) are excellent. The translators and editors have included in-line Chinese characters for all proper names, titles of texts, and some specialized terminology, and have also added bibliographic footnotes where needed...The present volume offers English-language readers a small sampling of [Liu Zaifu's] formidable body of work." -Carlos Rojas, Duke University, in MCLC Resource Center Publication (Copyright November, 2021)
Table of ContentsForeword: “Standing Alone atop the Mountain; Walking Freely under the Sea” Acknowledgments Introduction Liu Jianmei and Howard Y. F. Choy part 1: Literary History 1 Literary History as Paradox Translated by Howard Y. F. Choy 2 The End of Modern Chinese Revolutionary Literature Translated by Steven Day 3 From the Monologic Era to the Polyphonic Era An Outline of Forty Years of Literary Development in Mainland China Translated by Ke Wei and Torbjörn Lodén part 2: Cultural Criticism and Literary Theory 4 Traditional Chinese Culture’s Designs on Humanity Translated by Deirdre Sabina Knight 5 On the Stylistic Revolution of Literary Criticism in the 1980s Translated by Ann Huss 6 Farewell to the Gods Contemporary Chinese Literary Theory’s Fin-de-siècle Struggle Translated by Steven Day 7 Literature Exiling the State Translated by Torbjörn Lodén 8 The Dimensions of Modern Chinese Literature and Their Limitations Translated by Eileen J. Cheng part 3: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Writers 9 Lu Xun and Chinese/Foreign Culture Translated by Alan Berkowitz and Haili Kong 10 Miracle and Tragedy in Modern Chinese Literature In Honor of Lu Xun’s 120th Birthday Translated by Lianying Shan 11 Eileen Chang’s Fiction and C. T. Hsia’s A History of Modern Chinese Fiction Translated by Yunzhong Shu 12 Escape of the Mental Prisoner In Honor of Gao Xingjian Translated by Nicole Elizabeth Barnes 13 A Comparative Study of Gao Xingjian and Mo Yan Translated by Jessica Yeung Postcript: Translation, Quotation, and Expatriation Selected Bibliography Index
