A Visual Record of Modern Chinese Literature (Volumes 1 and 2)

Author: Yang Yi
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Publish Date: 1998-01-01
Features: This is a modern literary history work with significant innovative value in both content and form, co-authored by Yang Yi and scholars from China and Japan. It selects over 560 representative and interestingly designed cover illustrations from periodicals and original books from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republican era, allowing readers to grasp the literary atmosphere, aesthetic pursuits, and cultural mindset of the time. Additionally, combining rich literary history phenomena, anecdotes of the literary circles, and authorial works, it presents over 100 essay-style articles in a simple, vivid, natural, and approachable style. Together, they form a literary history that strives to combine history with illustrations and vice versa, aiming for illustrations with spirit and texts with charm.