Lin Yutang and China's Search for Modern Rebirth

Lin Yutang and China's Search for Modern Rebirth

Qian, Suoqiao

Springer Verlag, Singapore

11/2017

475

Dura

Inglês

9789811046568

15 a 20 dias

7324


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Lin Yutang and China's Intellectual Journey to Modernity.- Christian Childhood and Westernized Education.- "Thus Spoke Zarathustra:" A Progressive Nationalist for the Great Revolution.- From "Little Critic" to "Master of Humor".- Struggling Against the "Double Dangers of Bolshevism and Fascism".- "My China": The East Speaks to the West.- Coming to America: the Birth of a "Chinese Philosopher".- Culture and War: Interpreting Modern China.- Eastern Wisdom: Race, Empire and World Peace.- Loss of China and Wisdom of America.- "Looking Beyond" the Iron Curtain.- Grand Finale: "I Take My Leave and Depart".
Lin Yutang and socio-cultural context of modern China;Modern Chinese literature in the world;Chinese intellectual history;Cross-cultural biography;Asian American literary studies;US-China cultural relations;rediscovery of Chinese cultural resources;cross-cultural interactions between China and America;literary diction;chinese