Literature of the Hundred Flowers Movement (1956-1957) Vols I & II China Maoism Communism Anti-Rightist Intellectual Life ~ Hualing Nieh

Title: Literature of the Hundred Flowers, Volume I: Criticism and Polemics [&] Volume II: Poetry and Fiction

Author: Edited by Hualing Nieh / [Introductions by David Arkush]

Description: Two volumes, complete. Hardcovers in buff-colored cloth with spine titles stamped in gilt over purple. Clean and unmarked. Dust jackets in archival mylar sleeves. liii + 279, liii + 615 pages.

Literature of the Hundred Flowers is a collection in two volumes of writing that appeared in the period 1956-1957 and that reveals the complex situation of intellectuals in contemporary China. The first volume, Criticism and Polemics, includes a general introduction, important writings on the Hundred Flowers movement, criticism of literary problems, and discussions of the major literary issues debated at the time. The second volume, Poetry and Fiction, includes articles on poetic issues, poems, stories, fables, and essays, along with articles criticizing them.

Each volume includes a lengthy introduction by R. David Arkush (1940-2018), professor of Chinese history at the University of Iowa for more than thirty years, and a bibliography.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Publisher: Columbia University Press
Place: New York
Year: 1981

ISBN: 0231052642

Keywords: Chinese literature, Communism, 20th century, 1950s, China, intellectual life, Hundred Flowers Campaign, Hundred Flowers Movement, Maoism, Maoist, Anti-Rightist,