A friend in deed : Lu Xun, Uchiyama Kanzz, and the intellectual world of Shanghai on the eve of war / Joshua Fogel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fogel, Joshua A., 1950- author.

Series:

Asia Shorts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Friendship.

Intellectual life--History.

Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (111 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, MI : Association for Asian Studies, Inc., [2023]

Summary:

The acclaimed writer Lu Xun spent the last decade of his life in Shanghai. Soon after arriving in 1927, he befriended Uchiyama Kanzō, owner of a bookstore specializing in Japanese writings. Examining their friendship, Joshua Fogel paints a captivating portrait of two men of very different temperaments, backgrounds, and political outlooks.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Series Page

Foreword

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Japanese Community in Twentieth-Century Shanghai

2. Background: Uchiyama and Shanghai

3. Background: Lu Xun and Shanghai

4. Lu Xun and Uchiyama Kanzō in Shanghai

5. Uchiyama's View of China and the Chinese

6. Lu Xun's View of Japan and the Japanese

7. Lu Xun's Final Months

8. Uchiyama Kanzō and His Bookstore after Lu Xun's Death: A Friend Indeed

Conclusion

Notes

Glossary of Chinese and Japanese Names and Terms

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Fogel, Joshua A Friend in Deed

ISBN:

9781952636110