The lyrical in epic time modern Chinese intellectuals and artists through the 1949 crisis

The lyrical in epic time : modern Chinese intellectuals and artists through the 1949 crisis / David Der-wei Wang.

Author/creator	Wang, Dewei
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Description	xviii, 508 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Chinese literature--20th century --History and criticism. Literature and society--China. Music--China --20th century --History and criticism. Painting, Chinese--20th century --History and criticism. Calligraphy, Chinese--History --20th century. Motion pictures--China --History --20th century. Modernism (Literature)--China. China--Intellectual life --20th century.

Contents	Introduction: Inventing the lyrical tradition -- A history with feeling -- The three epiphanies of Shen Congwen -- Of dream and snake: He Qifang, Feng Zhi, and born-again lyricism -- A lyricism of betrayal: the enigma of Hu Lancheng -- The lyrical in an epic time: the music and poetry of Jiang Wenye -- The riddle of the sphinx: Lin Fengmian and the polemics of realism in modern Chinese painting -- The spring that brought eternal regret: Fei Mu, Mei Lanfang, and the poetics of screening China -- And history took a calligraphic turn: Tai Jingnong and the art of writing -- Coda: Toward a critical lyricism.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-485) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2014008487
ISBN	9780231170468 (cloth : acid-free paper)

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