Isbn: 9780824824679 - lost voices of modernity: a chinese popular fiction magazine in context (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. 2001. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

paperbound, 8vo xi+322 pp. four year in the life of a Shanghai fiction magazine before the events of May Fourth; very good condition.

x + 322pp, index, bibliography, notes, glossary, appendices, paperback. "Lost Voices of Modernity uncovers the story of the most popular and perhaps the most maligned modern Chinese literary journal, Xiaoshuo yuebao (The Short Story Magazine). First published in Shanghai in 1910, Xiaoshuo yuebao boasted a circulation of ten thousand within its first three years of publication. Scholars have long characterized the journal as little more than superficial popular entertainment (primarily action/adventure and love stories) and attributed its early popularity to an urban audience's need for distraction and escape. Now, however, Denise Gimpel's persuasive and effective study reveals a journal of serious appearance and intent." Publisher's description.…

Zustand: New. pp. 368.