Chinese literature

Modern East Asian Literature

The Columbia Companion to Modern East Asian Literature

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This extraordinary one-volume guide to the modern literatures of China, Japan, and Korea is the definitive reference work on the subject in the English language.

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New Woman in Early Twentieth-century Chinese Fiction

The New Woman in Early Twentieth-century Chinese Fiction

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In The New Woman in Early Twentieth-century Chinese Fiction, Jin Feng discusses representations of women in May Fourth fiction, issues of gender, modernity, individualism, subjectivity, and narrative strategy.

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The Autobiography of Ba Jin

The Autobiography of Ba Jin

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“The Autobiography of Ba Jin was originally written in Chinese by the famed 20th century Mainland Chinese author (Ba Jin) in 1934 when he was only 30.

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