Lin Yutang and China’s Search for Modern Rebirth

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

AvSuoqiao Qian

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This book provides a comprehensive examination of the socio-cultural and political context of modern China in terms of its interaction with America and the West, focusing on the influence of the well-known Chinese writer and intellectual Lin Yutang (1895-1976).

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Utgivningsdatum2018-12-12
Mått148 x 210 x 27 mm
Vikt630 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCanon and World Literature
Antal sidor475
FörlagSpringer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN9789811351938

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Dr Qian Suoqiao is Chair Professor of Chinese Studies at Newcastle University, UK. He received his PhD in comparative literature from the University of California, Berkeley and had taught in a number of universities in the US, China and Hong Kong. He has published widely in Chinese studies in both English and Chinese, particularly on Chinese modernity studies and cross-cultural studies between China and the world.

Lin Yutang and China’s Intellectual Journey to Modernity.- Christian Childhood and Westernized Education.- “Thus Spoke Zarathustra:” A Progressive Nationalist for the Great Revolution.- From “Little Critic” to “Master of Humor”.- Struggling Against the “Double Dangers of Bolshevism and Fascism”.- “My China”: The East Speaks to the West.- Coming to America: the Birth of a “Chinese Philosopher”.- Culture and War: Interpreting Modern China.- Eastern Wisdom: Race, Empire and World Peace.- Loss of China and Wisdom of America.- “Looking Beyond” the Iron Curtain.- Grand Finale: “I Take My Leave and Depart”.