Chinese poetry in times of mind, mayhem and money / by Maghiel van Crevel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crevel, Maghiel van.

Series:

Sinica Leidensia ; v. 86.

Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; v. 86

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

Chinese poetry.

Experimental poetry, Chinese--History and criticism.

Experimental poetry, Chinese.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--China.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (536 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Chinese Poetry in Times of Mind, Mayhem and Money is a groundbreaking contribution to scholarship, well-suited to classroom use in that it combines rigorous analysis with a lively style. Covering the period from the 1980's to the present, it is organized around the notions of text, context and metatext, meaning poetry, its socio-political and cultural surroundings, and critical discourse in the broadest sense. Authors and issues studied include Han Dong, Haizi, Xi Chuan, Yu Jian, Sun Wenbo, Yang Lian, Wang Jiaxin, Bei Dao, Yin Lichuan, Shen Haobo and Yan Jun, and everything from the subtleties of poetic rhythm to exile-bashing in domestic media. This book has room for all that poetry is: cultural heritage, symbolic capital, intellectual endeavor, social commentary, emotional expression, music and the materiality of language – art, in a word. Full text (Open Access)

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Chapter One Avant-Garde Poetry from China: Text, Context and Metatext

Chapter Two True Disbelief: Han Dong

Chapter Three Thanatography and the Poetic Voice: Haizi

Chapter Four Exile: Yang Lian, Wang Jiaxin and Bei Dao

Chapter Five Mind over Matter, Matter over Mind: Xi Chuan

Chapter Six Fringe Poetry, But Not Prose: Xi Chuan and Yu Jian

Chapter Seven Objectification and the Long-Short Line: Yu Jian

Chapter Eight Narrative Rhythm, Sound and Sense: Sun Wenbo

Chapter Nine The Lower Body: Yin Lichuan and Shen Haobo

Chapter Ten Not at Face Value: Xi Chuan’s Explicit Poetics

Chapter Eleven Desecrations? Han Dong’s and Yu Jian’s Explicit Poetics

Chapter Twelve What Was All the Fuss About? The Popular-Intellectual Polemic

Chapter Thirteen More Than Writing, As We Speak: Yan Jun

Works Cited

Index and Glossary.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [475]-504) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-39787-7

9786612397875

90-474-4273-3

OCLC:

593222387

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access