From May Fourth to P

by David Der-wei Wang and Ellen Widmer

Book Overview

What do the Chinese literature and film inspired by the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) have in common with the Chinese literature and film of the May Fourth movement (1918-1930)? This new book demonstrates that these two periods of the highest literary and cinematic creativity in twentieth-century China share several aims: to liberate these narrative arts from previous aesthetic orthodoxies, to draw on foreign sources for inspiration, and to free...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674325028
• ISBN13: 9780674325029
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"