Chinese Poetry in Times of Mind, Mayhem and Money

by Van Crevel, Maghiel

• ISBN13: 9789004163829
• ISBN10: 9004163824
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-30
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

Chinese Poetry in Times of Mind, Mayhem and Moneyis a groundbreaking study covering a range of contemporary authors and issues, from Haizi to Yin Lichuan and from poetic rhythm to exile-bashing. Its rigorous scholarship, literary sensitivity and lively style make it eminently fit for classroom use.

Author Biography

Maghiel van Crevel is currently Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Leiden University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Avant-Garde Poetry from China: Text, Context and Metatext	p. 1
True Disbelief: Han Dong	p. 63
Thanatography and the Poetic Voice: Haizi	p. 91
Exile: Yang Lian, Wang Jiaxin and Bei Dao	p. 137
Mind over Matter, Matter over Mind: Xi Chuan	p. 187
Fringe Poetry, But Not Prose: Xi Chuan and Yu Jian	p. 223
Objectification and the Long-Short Line: Yu Jian	p. 247
Narrative Rhythm, Sound and Sense: Sun Wenbo	p. 281
The Lower Body: Yin Lichuan and Shen Haobo	p. 305
Not at Face Value: Xi Chuan's Explicit Poetics	p. 345
Desecrations? Han Dong's and Yu Jian's Explicit Poetics	p. 365
What Was All the Fuss About? The Popular-Intellectual Polemic	p. 399
More Than Writing, As We Speak: Yan Jun	p. 459
Works Cited	p. 475
Index and Glossary	p. 505
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