Literary Remains

Death, Trauma, and Lu Xun's Refusal to Mourn

von Eileen J Cheng

328 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Lu Xun (1881-1936), arguably twentieth-century China's greatest writer, is commonly cast in the mold of a radical iconoclast who vehemently rejected traditional culture. The contradictions and ambivalence so central to his writings, however, are often overlooked. Challenging conventional depictions, Eileen J. Cheng's innovative readings capture Lu Xun's disenchantment with modernity and his transformative engagements with traditional literary conventions in his "modern” experimental works.