Ming Dong Gu is Distinguished Professor of Foreign Studies at Shenzhen University, China and Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature at the University of Texas at Dallas, USA. His recent publications include Sinologism: An Alternative to Orientalism and Postcolonialism (2013), Translating China for Western Readers (editor, 2014) and Why Traditional Chinese Philosophy Still Matters (editor, 2018).

• General Introduction:Writing ModernChinese Literature in English, Ming Dong Gu Part I: Early Modern Literature (c.1910s-1942)Introduction: National Salvation through Human EnlightenmentSection I: Realism and the Anatomy of Chineseness 1. Lu Xun’s Writings: Modernizing Chinese Consciousess, Ming Dong Gu 2. Mao Dun and His Masterpieces, Ted Heters 3.Ba Jin’s Fiction and 'The Family', Kristin Stapleton 4.Lao She’s Fiction and 'Camel Xiangzi', Lena Rydholm 5. Li Jieren’s Fiction and'Ripples on Dead Water',Kenny Ng 6. Left-Wing Writers: Between Ideological Commitment and Aesthetic Dedication, Nicoletta Pesaro Section II: Romanticism and the New People 7. Imagining New Chinese in Guo Moruo’s Poetry, Paolo Magagnin 8. Romanticizing New Chinese: Zhu Ziqing, Wen Yiduo, Xu Zimo, Frederik Green 9. Yu Dafu'sRomantic Fiction: Youth Consciousness in Crisis, Tong He Section III: Modernist Aesthetics and Sensibilities 10. Modern Consciousness and Symbolist Poetry: Fei Ming, Li Jinfa, and Others, Gang Zhou 11. The Poetry of Dai Wangshu: Where Tradition Meets Modernism, Yaohua Shi 12. New Sensationalists: Liu Nai’ou, Mu Shiying, Shi Zhecun, Christopher Rosenmeir Section IV: Old and New Chinese on the Stage and Screen13. Early Modern Drama: Hong Shen, Ouyang Yuqie, Xia Yan, Xiaowen Xu14. Cao Yu’s Plays and 'Thunderstorm', Liangyan Ge15. Masterpieces of Early Cinema, Corrado Neri Part II: Middle Modern Literature (late 1930s-1977) Introduction: War, Revolution, and the Individual Section V: Patriotism and Poetry 16. Poetry of Zang Kejia and Tian Jian: A Clarion for National Salvation, Bingfeng Yang 17. Ai Qing’s Poetry and 'Dayan River, My Nurse', Victor Vuilleumier 18. Feng Zhi, Mo Dan and Nine Leaves, Gloria Davies Sect