Table of Contents

Preface; General Introduction Kirk A. Denton; Part I. The Late Quing Period 1893-1911: 1. Introduction; 2. Preface to Poems from the Hut in the Human World Huang Zunixian; 3. Foreword to the publication of political novels in translation Liang Qichao; 4. On the relationship between fiction and the government of the people Liang Qichao; 5. Preface to Oliver Twist Lin Shu; 6. Preface to part one of David Copperfield Lin Shu; 7. Miscellaneous notes on literature (excerpts) Liu Shipei; 8. Incidental remarks on literature Wang Guowei; 9. On the power of Mara poetry Lu Xun; Part II. The May Fourth Period 1915-1925: 10. Introduction; 11. Some modest proposals for the reform of literature Hu Shi; 12. On literary revolution Chen Duxiu; 13. Nightmare Lin Shu; 14. Humane literature Zhuo Zuoren; 15. On the literary arts (excerpts) Ye Shengtao; 16. Art and life Xu Zhimo; 17. Replacing religion with aesthetic education Cai Yuanpei; 18. Literature and life Mao Dun; 19. On photography Lu Xun; 20. Preface to The Sorrows of Young Werther Guo Moruo; 21. Fusing with nature Liang Shiqiu; 22. A critique of the new culturists Mei Guangdi; 23. Women and literature Zhou Zuoren; 24. On 'literary criticism' Bing Zin; 25. My opinions on creativity Lu Yin; 26. Preface to Call to Arms Lu Xun; 27. Remarks on the publication of Saturday Wang Dungen; 28. Congratulations to Happy Magazine Zhou Shoujuan; 29. The mission of the new literature Cheng Fangwu; Part III. Revolutionary Literature 1923-1930: 30. Introduction; 31. Class struggle in literature Yu Dafu; 32. From a literary revolution to revolutionary literature Cheng Fangwu; 33. The bygone age of Ah Q Qian Zingcun; 34. On reading Ni Huanzhi Mao Dun; 35. Literature and revolution Liang Shiqiu; 36. Dai Wangshu's poetic literature Dai Wangshu; 37. Form in poetry Wen Yiduo; 38. The divergence of art and politics Lu Xun; 39. Thoughts on realism Zhou Yang; 40. Realism: a 'correction' Hu Feng; Part IV. The Debate on Literary Freedom1932-1935: 41. Introduction; 42. Do not encroach upon literary art Hu Qiuyuan; 43. Regarding the Literary News and Hu Qiuyuan's literary arguments Su Wen; 44. Freedom for literature but not the writer Qu Qiubai; 45. On the 'third category' Lu Xun; 46. Preface to Public Cemetery Mu Shiying; 47. A record of my own inspiration Li Jinfa; 48. Literature and life Zhu Guangquian; Part V. The Period of National Crisis 1936-1945: 49. Introduction; 50. On national defense literature Zhou Yang; 51. What do the broad masses demand of literature Hu Feng; 52. The question of popular literature and art Qu Qiubai; 53. Excerpts from Mao Zedong Mao Zedong; 54. Literature and art for the masses and the use of traditional forms Mao Dun; 55. My writing Zhang Ailing; 56. On writers Qian Zhongshu; 57. Universal or restricted? Shen Congwen; 58. We need the Zawen essay Ding Ling; 59. Talks at the Yan'an forum on literature and art Mao Zedong; 60. Realism today Hu Feng; Reference matter.

About the Author

Kirk A. Denton is Associate Professor of Chinese at Ohio State University.

Reviews

"This volume may be recommended as a comprehensive collection that helps readers understand the important cultural context of the liteary texts produced in China in the first half of the 20th century. The 32 translators have produced smooth and accurate rendering of 55 essays, most of which are here anthologized for the first time in English." - Choice