Poetry, History, Memory : Wang Jingwei and China in Dark Times

Poetry, History, Memory : Wang Jingwei and China in Dark Times

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Wang Jingwei, poet and politician, patriot and traitor, has always been a figure of major academic and popular interest. Until now, his story has never been properly told, let alone critically investigated. The significance of his biography is evident from an ongoing war on cultural memory: modern m...

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Main Author: YANG, ZHIYI
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : UNIV OF MICHIGAN PRESS, 2023.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wang, Jingwei, > 1883-1944
Wang, Jingwei, > 1883-1944 > Criticism and interpretation.
Hommes d'État > Chine > Biographies.
Statesmen > China > Biography.
Chine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Chine > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siecle.
China > History > 20th century.
China > Politics and government > 20th century.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Conventions
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Archives
  • Timeline of Events
  • Introduction: The War in Memory
  • Part I. The End of Literati Politics
  • 1. The Revolutionary
  • 2. The Statesman
  • 3. The "Traitor"
  • Part II. The Poetics of Memory
  • 4. Poetry as Mnemonic Atlas
  • 5. The Iconography of an Assassin
  • 6. The Impossibility of Remembering the Past at Nanjing
  • Epilogue: Poetry against Oblivion
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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