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The Big Red Book of Modern Chinese Literature: Writings from the Mainland in the Long Twentieth Century
Yunte (Ed) Huang
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Description for The Big Red Book of Modern Chinese Literature: Writings from the Mainland in the Long Twentieth Century
Paperback. A panoramic vision of the Chinese literary landscape across the twentieth century. Editor(s): Huang, Yunte. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
624
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393353808
SKU
V9780393353808
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About Yunte (Ed) Huang
Yunte Huang is a Guggenheim Fellow and a professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Transpacific Imaginations and Charlie Chan, which won the 2011 Edgar Award and was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography. Having come of age in China as a student in the time ... Read more
Reviews for The Big Red Book of Modern Chinese Literature: Writings from the Mainland in the Long Twentieth Century
Huang is previously the author of a witty and stylish book about Charlie Chan which drew on a variety of artforms - from doggerel verses to B-movies - to reflect on the representation of China in the West. The Big Red Book, which benefits from translations by a Who's Who of talent, is similarly wide-ranging. And while Huang's prose choices ... Read more