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Introduces popular 1940s Chinese authors and their influence on Chinese literature to an English-speaking readershipThis book introduces and analyzes the fiction of Xu Xu and Wumingshi and shows their importance during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-45) until 1949. It makes the wider argument that their short stories and novels in this period, and popular Chinese literature more broadly, was indebted to the Shanghai modernist writers of the 1930s (xinganjue pai). Shanghai modernism in the 1930s was an important literary movement, but the conventional view is that these authors had little long-lasting impact on Chinese literature. This book contests this view, arguing that their innovative style was eventually appropriated and adapted into popular literature in multiple ways.
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On the Margins of Modernism
Edinburgh East Asian Studies Series
Series Editors: Natascha Gentz, Urs Matthias Zachmann and David Der-Wei Wang Covering language, literature, history and society, this series of academic monographs and reference volumes brings together scholars of East Asia to address crucial topics in East Asian Studies. The series embraces a broad scope of approaches and welcomes volumes that address topics such as regional patterns of cooperation and social, political, cultural implications of interregional collaborations, as well as volumes on individual regional themes across the spectrum of East Asian Studies. With its critical analysis of central issues in East Asia, and its remit of contributing to a wider understanding of East Asian countries’ international impact, the series will be crucial to understand the shifting patterns in this region within an increasingly globalised world. Series Editors Professor Natascha Gentz is Chair of Chinese Studies, Director of the Confucius Institute for Scotland and Dean International (China) at the University of Edinburgh. Professor Urs Matthias Zachmann is Professor of History and Culture of Modern Japan at the Institute of East Asian Studies, Freie Universität Berlin. Professor David Der-Wei Wang is the Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University. Editorial Board Professor Marion Eggert, Bochum University Professor Joshua A. Fogel, York University, Toronto Professor Andrew Gordon, Harvard University Professor Rikki Kersten, Murdoch University Dr Seung-Young Kim, University of Sheffield Dr Hui Wang, Tsinghua University, Beijing Titles available in the series: Asia after Versailles: Asian Perspectives on the Paris Peace Conference and the Interwar Order 1919–1933 Urs Matthias Zachmann (Editor) On the Margins of Modernism: Xu Xu, Wumingshi and Popular Chinese Literature in the 1940s Christopher Rosenmeier
On the Margins of Modernism Xu Xu, Wumingshi and Popular Chinese Literature in the 1940s Christopher Rosenmeier
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