Wildland Lilac: A Study of Poetry by the "Frontline Poets" of Beiping in the 1930s: A Study of Poetry by the "Frontline Poets" of Beiping in the 1930s

Author: Zhang Jiaye
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: In the poetry scene of Beijing in the 1930s, a group of "front-line poets," including BIAN Zhilin, HE Qifang, and LIN Geng, gathered. They were influenced by Western modernist poetry trends and integrated the strengths of traditional Chinese poetics. In the effort to bridge the gap between "traditional" and "modern," "local" and "foreign" poetic traditions, they achieved great success. This book focuses on the poetic theoretical concepts and artistic creative styles of the "front-line poets." Through an analysis of literary phenomena such as the introduction and translation of The Waste Land, the shaping of imagery in the "Ancient City" series, the "revival of late Tang poetry," and the pursuit and practice of the "theory of pure poetry," it uncovers the achievements of this poet group in blending and re-creating between inheriting classical poetic traditions and embracing Western modernist poetry trends. The emergence of the "front-line poets" and the formation and development of their poetic artistic characteristics are closely related to the unique historical and cultural environment of Beijing in the 1930s. This book places literary phenomena within a cultural context, exploring the influence of external cultural environments on the gathering of the poet group and the formation of their cultural mindset, thereby prompting reflections on the relationship between literature and regional culture.