The lyrical in epic time : modern Chinese intellectuals and artists through the 1949 crisis /
This work uses the lyrical to rethink the dynamics of Chinese modernity. Although the form may seem unusual for representing China's social and political crises in the mid-twentieth century, the book contends that national cataclysm and mass movements intensified Chinese lyricism in extraordina...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
2015
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | This work uses the lyrical to rethink the dynamics of Chinese modernity. Although the form may seem unusual for representing China's social and political crises in the mid-twentieth century, the book contends that national cataclysm and mass movements intensified Chinese lyricism in extraordinary ways. The book calls attention to the form's vigour and variety at an unlikely juncture in Chinese history and the precarious consequences it brought about: betrayal, self-abjuration, suicide, and silence. Despite their divergent backgrounds and commitments, the writers, artists, and intellectuals discussed in this book all took lyricism as a way to explore selfhood in relation to solidarity, the role of the artist in history, and the potential for poetry to illuminate crisis. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 508 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231538572 023153857X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
