02055nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10349299 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 081106s2009 ne sb 001 0 eng 2008048769 B0905130 bccb 9789004170957 (alk. paper) 9004170952 (alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)567559697 a-cc--- PL2442 .B88 2009eb 895.1/3520912 22 Button, Peter, 1960- Configurations of the real in Chinese literary and aesthetic modernity [electronic resource] / by Peter Button. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009. xv, 316 p. Ideas, history, and modern China, 1875-9394 ; v. 1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-299) and index. The trials of Chinese literary realism -- Lu Xun's Ah Q as gruesome hybrid -- The aesthetic critique of modernity in Chinese Marxism, new criticism, and Adorno -- Global/modern figurations of the type in Cai Yi, Heidegger, and Whitman -- Aesthetics and desire in Yang Mo's Song of youth. "Tracing the formation of the modern concept of literature in 20th century China, this book examines the emergence of the Chinese socialist realist novel in relation to the literary and philosophical currents globalized in the wake of capitalist modernity"--Provided by publisher. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Chinese fiction 20th century History and criticism. Socialist realism in literature. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Ideas, history, and modern China ; v. 1. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10349299 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 42326 42326