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Milestones on a Golden Road examines works of fiction written in China between 1945 and 1980, when the arts were required to reflect a Maoist vision of history and society.

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Introduction: The Road and the Writer

Part 1: The War Years and the Search for Form,1945-48

1 Ma Feng and Xi Rong, Heroes of Lüliang, and“Revolutionary Popular Literature”

2 Zhou Libo, Hurricane, and the Creation of aChinese Socialist Realism

Part 2: The Great Leap Forward and the Stuff of Heroism,1959-62

3 Li Zhun’s “A Brief Biography of LiShuangshuang”: A Fast-talking Vixen Creates a Village Canteen

4 Hu Wanchun’s “A Man of OutstandingQuality”: Pavel, but not Rita, and certainly not Ingrid, in theShanghai Dockyards

Part 3: The Cultural Revolution and the Spirit of Struggle,1972-76

5 Hao Ran on The Golden Road: Transformationsin Rural China

6 Zhang Kangkang at The Dividing Line: A BoldLeap into Troubled Waters

Part 4: After Mao: Reversing Judgements,1979-80

7 Chen Guokai’s The Price: The Flood ofTears

8 Zhang Yigong’s The Story of the Criminal LiTongzhong: Work with the Spade

Epilogue: A Golden Road to Nowhere

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/01/2013
      ISBN13: 9780774823722, 978-0774823722
      ISBN10: 0774823720
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Milestones on a Golden Road examines works of fiction written in China between 1945 and 1980, when the arts were required to reflect a Maoist vision of history and society.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: The Road and the Writer

      Part 1: The War Years and the Search for Form,1945-48

      1 Ma Feng and Xi Rong, Heroes of Lüliang, and“Revolutionary Popular Literature”

      2 Zhou Libo, Hurricane, and the Creation of aChinese Socialist Realism

      Part 2: The Great Leap Forward and the Stuff of Heroism,1959-62

      3 Li Zhun’s “A Brief Biography of LiShuangshuang”: A Fast-talking Vixen Creates a Village Canteen

      4 Hu Wanchun’s “A Man of OutstandingQuality”: Pavel, but not Rita, and certainly not Ingrid, in theShanghai Dockyards

      Part 3: The Cultural Revolution and the Spirit of Struggle,1972-76

      5 Hao Ran on The Golden Road: Transformationsin Rural China

      6 Zhang Kangkang at The Dividing Line: A BoldLeap into Troubled Waters

      Part 4: After Mao: Reversing Judgements,1979-80

      7 Chen Guokai’s The Price: The Flood ofTears

      8 Zhang Yigong’s The Story of the Criminal LiTongzhong: Work with the Spade

      Epilogue: A Golden Road to Nowhere

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