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Writing Taiwan: A New Literary History
David Der-Wei Wang
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Description for Writing Taiwan: A New Literary History
Paperback. This collection is the first volume in English to examine the entire span of modern Taiwanese literature, from the first decades of the twentieth century to the present. Editor(s): Wang, David Der-Wei; Rojas, Carlos. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
Writing Taiwan is the first volume in English to examine the entire span of modern Taiwan literature, from the first decades of the twentieth century to the present. In this collection, leading literary scholars based in Taiwan and the United States consider prominent Taiwanese authors and works in genres including poetry, travel writing, and realist, modernist, and postmodern fiction. The diversity of Taiwan literature is signaled by the range of authors treated, including Yang Chichang, who studied Japanese literature in Tokyo in the early 1930s and wrote all of his own poetry and fiction in Japanese; Li Yongping, an ethnic ... Read more
Writing Taiwan is the first volume in English to examine the entire span of modern Taiwan literature, from the first decades of the twentieth century to the present. In this collection, leading literary scholars based in Taiwan and the United States consider prominent Taiwanese authors and works in genres including poetry, travel writing, and realist, modernist, and postmodern fiction. The diversity of Taiwan literature is signaled by the range of authors treated, including Yang Chichang, who studied Japanese literature in Tokyo in the early 1930s and wrote all of his own poetry and fiction in Japanese; Li Yongping, an ethnic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Series
Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822338673
SKU
V9780822338673
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About David Der-Wei Wang
David Der-wei Wang is Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature at Harvard University. He is the author of numerous books, including The Monster That Is History: History, Violence, and Fictional Writing in Twentieth-Century China. Carlos Rojas is Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese Literature and Film at the University of Florida.
Reviews for Writing Taiwan: A New Literary History
“This is an original project, difficult to achieve, that updates scholarship on the literature of Taiwan. Its originality is strong and welcome.”—Edward Gunn, author of Rewriting Chinese: Style and Innovation in Twentieth-Century Chinese Prose “[An] excellent book. . . . this is a conference volume, but either because conference planners were careful in extending invitations and assigning topics or because ... Read more