Before the Cultural Revolution: Guo Moruo, 1949-1965

Author: Feng Xigang
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book primarily reflects the author's literary activities from the founding of New China to the onset of the Cultural Revolution. It includes many poems written by Guo Moruo after 1949, which have been collected in the Literary Series of the Complete Works of Guo Moruo and serve as excellent material for verifying history through poetry. The book also covers some of the author's state affairs. Guo Moruo was an encyclopedic scholar, a political activist who experienced the "Spring and Autumn of the Revolution," and, of course, a literary figure who extensively explored various fields of literature. This book mainly reflects the author's literary activities from the founding of New China to the onset of the Cultural Revolution. It also extensively collects Guo Moruo's poems, making them valuable material for verifying history through poetry and reflecting his thoughts. This allows readers to gain a relatively comprehensive understanding of Guo Moruo. Guo Moruo was an encyclopedic scholar, a political activist who experienced the "Spring and Autumn of the Revolution," and, of course, a literary figure who extensively explored various fields of literature. This book mainly reflects the author's literary activities from the founding of New China to the onset of the Cultural Revolution. Although Guo Moruo himself considered many of his poems written after 1949 as not truly poetry, these works have been included in the Literary Series of the Complete Works of Guo Moruo and should still be regarded as part of his overall literary creation. Moreover, from the perspective of verifying history through poetry, these works remain meaningful material. For this reason, the book also covers some of the author's state affairs. For a literary figure and political activist with a strong sense of achievement, who integrates the spirit of expressing one's aspirations into his literary works, including these topics is also a matter of course.