The lyrical in epic time : modern Chinese intellectuals and artists through the 1949 crisis

Acknowledgments Prologue Introduction: Inventing the Tradition Part I 1. History with Feeling 2. The Three Epiphanies of Shen Congwen 3. Of Dream and Snake: He Qifang, Feng Zhi, and Born-Again Lyricism 4. A Lyricism of Betrayal: The Enigma of Hu Lancheng Part II 5. The Lyrical in Epic Time: The Music and Poetry of Jiang Wenye 6. The Riddle of the Sphinx: Lin Fengmian and the Polemics of Realism in Modern Chinese Painting 7. The Spring That Brought Eternal Regret: Fei Mu, Mei Lanfang, and the Poetics of Screening China 8. And History Took a Calligraphic Turn: Tai Jingnong and the Art of Writing Coda: Toward a Critical Lyricism Notes Glossary of Chinese Characters Bibliography Index