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Modern Chinese literature has been flourishing for over a century, with varying degrees of intensity and energy at different junctures of history and points of locale. An integral part of world literature from the moment it was born, it has been in constant dialogue with its counterparts from the rest of the world. As it has been challenged and enriched by external influences, it has contributed to the wealth of literary culture of the entire world. In terms of themes and styles, modern Chinese literature is rich and varied; from the revolutionary to the pastoral, from romanticism to feminism, from modernism to post-modernism, critical realism, psychological realism, socialist realism, and magical realism. Indeed, it encompasses a full range of ideological and aesthetic concerns. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature presents a broad perspective on the development and history of literature in modern China. It offers a chronology, introduction, bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on authors, literary and historical developments, trends, genres, and concepts that played a central role in the evolution of modern Chinese literature.

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For the second edition of this dictionary, Ying revised or updated more than 40 entries from the first edition and added some 100 new entries. The dictionary provides entries on major authors (offering biographical and literary introductions) and on historical events, social movements, and institutions and schools that played important roles in the development of modern Chinese literature. The dictionary's most valuable contribution is its extensive bibliography, which is organized into four sections: primary works of individual authors (Chinese original works and English translations), anthologies, surveys and general critical works, and critical works on individual authors. Students of modern Chinese literature will find this bibliography a great starting point.... Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; general readers.

For the second edition of this dictionary, Ying revised or updated more than 40 entries from the first edition and added some 100 new entries. The dictionary provides entries on major authors (offering biographical and literary introductions) and on historical events, social movements, and institutions and schools that played important roles in the development of modern Chinese literature. The dictionary's most valuable contribution is its extensive bibliography, which is organized into four sections: primary works of individual authors (Chinese original works and English translations), anthologies, surveys and general critical works, and critical works on individual authors. Students of modern Chinese literature will find this bibliography a great starting point.... Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; general readers.-- Choice

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Li-hua Ying is director of the Chinese and Japanese Program at Bard College. She is also the executive director of the Association of Shufa Calligraphy Education, an academic organization based in the United States.

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