A Hundred Flowers

How Literature Shaped Maoism

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvDayton Lekner,Dayton (Ca' Foscari University of Venice) Lekner

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In 1957, Shanghai journalism student Xu Chengmiao faced persecution for a poem about flowers. Why did his classmates, teachers, and eventually the full force of the Party-state react so intensely to Xu's floral poetry? What connection did his writing have to the flowers that had adorned Chinese literature, art, reportage, and fashion since 1954? In this captivating book, Dayton Lekner tells the story of the Hundred Flowers, from its early blooms to its transformation into the Anti-Rightist campaign. Through the work and lives of creative writers, he shows that the literary circulation and practices that had long characterized China not only survived under Maoism but animated political and social movements. Texts 'went viral,' writers rose and fell, and metaphors mattered. Exploring the dynamism, nuance, and legion authors of 'official discourse,' he relocates creative writing not in tension with Mao era politics but as a central medium of the revolution.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-01-08
Mått157 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt570 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCambridge Studies in the History of the People's Republic of China
Antal sidor282
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009600538

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Acknowledgements; Prologue; Buds introduction; Part I. Flowers: 1. Who wrote the campaign?; 2. Mao Zedong, Guo Moruo, and Sino-Soviet propagation; 3. Springtime for Mao: Ai Qing, Zhou Shoujuan, and the writing of a season; 4. Community Gardens: movement and meaning among the flora; Part II. Weeds: 5. Grass: Biodiversity and reactions to the hundred flowers; 6. Thorns: botanical imagery as critique; 7. Early Spring: Fei Xiaotong and climate control; Part III. Weather: 8. Amateur Meteorology: the two rivers of Sichuan and an absence of rain; 9. Late Spring: Centre-Provincial Climatology and attempts to change the weather; Part IV. Seeds: 10. What gets left behind: history, memory and Image; 11. Who gets left behind: Wu Mi and the split life of a poet; Conclusion: campaign, literary, and historical time; Bibliography.