Selected Essays of Zhou Zuoren: Chinese-English Bilingual Edition (Bilingual Series on Modern Chinese Literature) - Softcover

Zhou, Zuoren

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9629961989 ISBN 13: 9789629961985

Publisher: Chinese University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967) is one of the most controversial modern Chinese intellectuals and the brother of the writer Lu Xun. Zhou was radically at odds with many of his contemporaries and opposed the normative national subject of most May Fourth reformers. His work was banned in both mainland China and Taiwan for many years because of his collaboration with the Japanese puppet government during the Sino-Japanese War. Zhou's essays present an alternative vision of the nation, question the dichotomy between modernity and traditions, and espouse a literary style that values openness and individualism. The book has tilted the balance more in favour of the fractious kind than the typically affable and unworldly ones, and is thus a unique selection of Zhou's essays.

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About the Author:

David E. Pollard is the foremost translator and interpreter of modern Chinese literature in the West. He received his Ph.D. from the University of London. He has taught modern Chinese studies and translation for nearly half of the century at both his alma mater and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is currently Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Research Centre for Translation of the Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chinese University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 9629961989
• ISBN 13: 9789629961985
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400