The Joy of Discovery (Human Traces and Shadows Anthology)

Author: Chen Zishan
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: Everyone is walking on the journey of life. As figures fade away, they leave trails, deep or shallow, which, when gathered together, form a book. People often say, "Reading life." Indeed, when the impressions of individuals are described, those distant trails become the best objects for us to understand history and the structure of life. Books are like people—just as one book after another is born, and one person after another seeks the stories of books, this is originally part of the human experience. The shadows of books, like the traces of people, always leave us infinite interest. Precisely because of this, many people talk about it with great enthusiasm, even becoming obsessed with it, thereby experiencing a unique kind of joy. The words in this small book, of course, have not applied for "research projects" and are not serious academic papers. Most of them do not conform to "academic norms," but I am confident that they have a touch of scholarship. At the very least, they are my research insights. They have unearthed some lost works of important writers, verified some little-known facts in literary history, and resolved or partially resolved some unresolved or mysterious cases in modern and contemporary literary history. To put it academically, they are examples of micro-studies and empirical research in the science of modern and contemporary literary history. Although there is little theoretical elaboration in the book, my reflections on modern and contemporary literary history are contained within it.