Young China: National Rejuvenation and the Bildungsroman, 1900-1959

by Mingwei Song

The rise of youth is among the most dramatic stories of modern China. Since the last years of the Qing dynasty, youth has been made a new agent of history in Chinese intellectuals' visions of national rejuvenation through such tremendously popular notions as "young China" and "new youth." The characterization of a young protagonist with a developmental story has also shaped the modern Chinese novel. Young China takes youth as a central literary motif...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674088395
• ISBN13: 9780674088399
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"