Literature and Revolution in Modern China : Lu Xun, Leon Trotsky, and Chen Duxiu / Nagahori Yuzo ; edited by Gregor Benton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yuzo, Nagahori, author.

Contributor:

Benton, Gregor, editor.

Series:

Historical Materialism Book Series ; 348.

Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2026

Historical Materialism Book Series ; 348

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asian Studies.

Literature and Cultural Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Lu Xun, Leon Trotsky, and Chen Duxiu

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book reconstructs Lu Xun’s literary theory and political position within its historical context. It considers the influence on Lu Xun of Leon Trotsky’s literary theory and Lu Xun's relationship with the Chinese Trotskyists and the Chinese Communist Party. It corrects errors and shortcomings in conventional studies on Lu Xun and shows how Lu Xun was used for political purposes by the Chinese Communists and Mao Zedong, beginning in the Yan’an years and culminating during the Cultural Revolution. It seeks to rescue Lu Xun from the distortion of his legacy by the Chinese Communist literary establishment, Mao Zedong, and Stalinism. .

Contents:

Front Cover

‎Half-Title Page

‎Series Title Page

‎Title Page

‎Copyright Page

‎Contents

‎Acknowledgements

‎Figures

‎Introduction (Benton)

‎Part 1. Lu Xun and Leon Trotsky

‎Chapter 1. Lu Xun Embraces Trotsky's Theory of Literature and Art

‎Chapter 2. Lu Xun's Theory of Revolutionary Literature and Trotsky's Literature and Revolution

‎Chapter 3. Lu Xun Recognises the Significance of Trotsky's Theory of Literature and Art

‎Chapter 4. Lu Xun's View of Trotsky and Revolutionary Literary Theory from 1928 to 1932

‎Chapter 5. On the Changes in Lu Xun's View of Trotsky

‎Chapter 6. Problems in the Chinese Translation of Literature and Revolution

‎Chapter 7. "Reply to a Letter from a Trotskyite"

‎Chapter 8. Mao Zedong's Literary Line and Lenin's Essay on "Party Organisation and Party Literature"

‎Chapter 9. Lu Xun and the Futian Incident: Mao Zedong's Purging of the AB Corps and Lu Xun's Troubled Reaction

‎Nagahori's Preface to Previous Editions of Lu Xun and Leon Trotsky

‎Part 2. Chen Duxiu, an Oppositionist for Life

‎Chapter 10. Who Was Chen Duxiu?

‎Chapter 11. Chen Duxiu and the Xinhai Revolution

‎Chapter 12. The Development of the New Culture Movement and the May Fourth Movement

‎Chapter 13. Founding and Leading the CCP

‎Chapter 14. Leading the Chinese Trotskyists and Chen's Later Years

‎Chapter 15. The Evaluation of Chen Duxiu by the CCP in Power

‎Part 3. Appendices

‎Appendix 1. My View on Lu Xun (Duxiu)

‎Appendix 2. Literature and Revolution (Xun)

‎Appendix 3. Literature of a Revolutionary Period (Xun)

‎Appendix 4. In the Belfry (Xun)

‎Appendix 5. A Glance at Shanghai Literature (Xun)

‎Appendix 6. How I Came to Write Stories (Xun)

‎Appendix 7. Reply to a Letter from the "Trotskyites" (Qichang and Xun)

‎Appendix 8. Jottings in Mid-summer (Xun).

‎Appendix 9. Wild Lily (1942) (Shiwei)

‎Appendix 10. Politicians, Artists (1942) (Shiwei)

‎Appendix 11. Chen Duxiu, Founder of Chinese Communism (Fanxi)

‎Selected Bibliography

‎Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-73439-2

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004734395 DOI