The Lyrical in Epic Time: Modern Chinese Intellectuals and Artists Through the 1949 Crisis

by David Der-wei Wang

In this book, David Der-wei Wang uses the lyrical to rethink the dynamics of Chinese modernity. Although the form may seem unusual for representing China's social and political crises in the mid-twentieth century, Wang contends that national cataclysm and mass movements intensified Chinese lyricism in extraordinary ways.

Wang calls attention to the form's vigor and variety at an unlikely juncture in Chinese history and the precarious consequences...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231170467
• ISBN13: 9780231170468
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.5" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher