ISBN:
9780231176965
Language:
English
Pages:
XXXIX, 260 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
DDC:
303.48/251073
Keywords:
American literature History and criticism 20th century
;
Chinese literature History and criticism 20th century
;
Comparative literature American and Chinese
;
Comparative literature Chinese and American
;
American literature Chinese influences
;
Chinese literature American influences
;
United States Relations
;
China Relations
Abstract:
Introduction: the narrowing circle: America and China, circa 1929 -- Long-distance realism: Agnes Smedley and the transpacific cultural front -- The good earth effect: Pearl Buck and natural democracy -- Pentatonic democracy: Paul Robeson and the black voice in Chinese -- Typographic ethnic modernism: Lin Yutang and the republican Chinaman -- Xuanchuan as world literature: Lao She and the uses of global propaganda -- Epilogue: the afterlife of failure: recentering Asian American and Chinese histories
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: the narrowing circle: America and China, circa 1929Long-distance realism: Agnes Smedley and the transpacific cultural front -- The good earth effect: Pearl Buck and natural democracy -- Pentatonic democracy: Paul Robeson and the black voice in Chinese -- Typographic ethnic modernism: Lin Yutang and the republican Chinaman -- Xuanchuan as world literature: Lao She and the uses of global propaganda -- Epilogue: the afterlife of failure: recentering Asian American and Chinese histories.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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