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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wang, Dewei (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction: Inventing the lyrical tradition
  • A history with feeling
  • The three epiphanies of Shen Congwen
  • Of dream and snake: He Qifang, Feng Zhi, and born-again lyricism
  • A lyricism of betrayal: the enigma of Hu Lancheng
  • The lyrical in an epic time: the music and poetry of Jiang Wenye
  • The riddle of the sphinx: Lin Fengmian and the polemics of realism in modern Chinese painting
  • The spring that brought eternal regret: Fei Mu, Mei Lanfang, and the poetics of screening China
  • And history took a calligraphic turn: Tai Jingnong and the art of writing
  • Coda: Toward a critical lyricism.