Hopeless love is gentle: The influence of modern Chinese writers' marital and romantic lives on their creative works

Author: Wang Mingjian
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This is a creative academic work that, based on first-hand materials, takes the marital and romantic lives of writers as a starting point to systematically examine the romantic experiences of famous writers, poets, and playwrights in modern Chinese literature, such as Lu Xun, Hu Shi, Guo Moruo, Yu Dafu, Tian Han, Xu Zhimo, Mao Dun, Lu Yin, Shi Pingmei, Ding Ling, Dai Wangshu, Xiao Hong, Eileen Chang, and He Qiufang. It explores their related works and mutual reflections, thereby investigating the intrinsic driving forces behind the creation of modern Chinese writers, the origins of their works, and the reasons for stylistic changes. This book resolves some long-standing puzzles in modern literature studies and restores the original context of some works we are all familiar with.