Illustrated History of a Hundred Years of Chinese Literature (3 Volumes)

Author: Sichuan People's Publishing House
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Publishing Date: 2002-06-01
Features: This literary history focuses on temporality, primarily examining the literary landscape from the late 19th to the late 20th century through the lens of integrated literature of the era. At the same time, it emphasizes the spatial existence of the century-long literary history, encompassing regional literatures within a unified literary history framework. The century of Chinese history has endured immense vicissitudes, suffering both the oppression of imperialism and the corruption of bourgeois consciousness, as well as artificial ideological intrusions. This has simultaneously given rise to regional literatures. If different regional literatures are observed not primarily from an ideological perspective but from the perspective of literature itself, it is undeniable that they all belong to the unified modern Chinese literary tradition. Taiwan literature, Hong Kong literature, and Macau literature naturally fall within the scope of the century-long history of Chinese literature. Therefore, this literary history incorporates relevant chapters, discussing Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau literatures to highlight their diverse literary achievements and contributions to the modernization of the century-old literature, thereby demonstrating the spatial completeness and integration of literary history. A distinctive feature of this literary history in form is its rich illustrations and photographs, which are uncommon in many 20th-century literary histories. Whether it's photographs of writers, autographs, manuscripts, book covers of works, newspaper layouts, or magazine covers, they all come to life when freed from the dust of history.