Literary Remains : Death, Trauma, and Lu Xun's Refusal to Mourn /

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Lu Xun (1881-1936), arguably twentieth-century China's greatest writer, is commonly cast in the mold of a radical iconoclast who vehemently rejected traditional culture. The contradictions and ambivalence so central to his writings, however, are often overlooked. Challenging conventional depict...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cheng, Eileen, 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Lu, Xun, > 1881-1936.
Lu, Xun, > 1881-1936 > Criticism and interpretation.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > Chinese.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > General.
East Asian Languages & Literatures.
Languages & Literatures.
Lu, Xun > 1881-1936 > Criticism and interpretation.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The limits of subjectivity : death, trauma, and the refusal to mourn
  • In the name of the father, or the authority of the preface : filiality and the origins of writing
  • Vigil before the shrine of the dead : biographers, subjects, and the failures of transmission
  • Death by applause : eulogizing women
  • The abandoned lover : romance in an age of mechanical reproductions
  • The elusion of paradise : wanderers without a home
  • Mocking the sages : "gathering vetch"
  • A world devoid of enchantment : "mending heaven" and "resurrecting the dead."

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