The Big Red Book of Modern Chinese Literature - Writings from the Mainland in the Long Twentieth Century

This revelatory volume brings together significant works in translations from nearly fifty Chinese writers. It includes poems, essays, fiction, songs and speeches written in an astonishing array of moods and styles, from sublime lyricism to witty surrealism, poignant documentary to the ironic, the absurd, the transgressive and the defiant.

Yunte Huang provides essential context in an opening essay and in headnotes, timelines and brief introductions to the Republican, Revolutionary and Post-Mao eras. Both personal and authoritative, his selections make for a joyously informative read. From belles lettres to literary propaganda, from poetic revolution to pulp fiction, The Big Red Book is an eye-opening portrait of China in the tumultuous twentieth century.

About the author

Yunte Huang, a Guggenheim Fellow, has taught at Harvard and the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he is a Distinguished Professor of English. The author of the Edgar Award–winning biography Charlie Chan and Inseparable, both NBCC finalists, Huang speaks frequently about American popular culture.

Summary

A panoramic literary anthology that explores the inner story of China in the twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: Yunte Huang
• Assisted by: Yunte Huang (Editor), Huang Yunte (Editor)
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9780393353808
• ISBN: 978-0-393-35380-8
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, Chinese, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000