The lure of the modern : writing modernism in semicolonial China, 1917-1937

The lure of the modern : writing modernism in semicolonial China, 1917-1937 / Shu-mei Shih.

Shu-mei Shih's study is the first book in English to offer a comprehensive account of Chinese literary modernism from Republican China. In The Lure of the Modern, Shih argues for the contextualization of Chinese modernism in the semicolonial cultural and political formation of the time.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shih, Shu-mei, 1961-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001.
Series:Berkeley series in interdisciplinary studies of China ; 1.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Chinese literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature) > China.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > General.
Chinese literature
Modernism (Literature)
Modernisme (cultuur)
Bellettrie.
Kritiek (algemeen)
China
China.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Summary:Shu-mei Shih's study is the first book in English to offer a comprehensive account of Chinese literary modernism from Republican China. In The Lure of the Modern, Shih argues for the contextualization of Chinese modernism in the semicolonial cultural and political formation of the time.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 427 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-411) and indexes.
ISBN:9780520935280
0520935284
0585390231
9780585390239
0520220633
9780520220638
0520220641
9780520220645
1597347256
9781597347259
Access:University staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login on and off-campus.
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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