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Electronic reproduction. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, 2014. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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9780231537544
Content:
This sourcebook contains more than 160 documents and writings that reflect the development of Taiwanese literature from the early modern period to the twenty-first century. Selections include seminal essays in literary debates, polemics, and other landmark events; interviews, diaries, and letters by major authors; critical and retrospective essays by influential writers, editors, and scholars; transcripts of historical speeches and conferences; literary-society manifestos and inaugural journal prefaces; and governmental policy pronouncements that have significantly influenced Taiwanese literature. These texts illuminate Asia's experience with modernization, colonialism, and postcolonialism; the character of Taiwan's Cold War and post-Cold War cultural production; gender and environmental issues; indigenous movements; and the changes and challenges of the digital revolution. Taiwan's complex history with Dutch, Spanish, and Japanese colonization; strategic geopolitical position vis-à-vis China, Japan, and the United States; and status as a hub for the East-bound circulation of technological and popular-culture trends make the nation an excellent case study for a richer understanding of East Asian and modern global relations.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction: Literary Taiwan—An East Asian Contextual Perspective --
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Part I. The Beginnings and Entry Into Modernity Through Colonial Mediation (1728–1948) --
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Introduction --
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1. Preface to Volume 1 of Jade Ruler Between Sky and Sea --
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2. Preface to Collection of Coral Branches --
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3. Preface Number 5 (by the Author) --
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4. Ars Poetica (Mid-nineteenth Century --
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5. Elucidating the Meaning of Literature --
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6. Congratulations on the Founding of the Taiwan Literary Society --
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7. On the New Mission to Promote Vernacular Writing --
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8. On Reforming Classical Chinese --
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9. A Letter to the Youth of Taiwan --
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10. The Awful Literary Scene of Taiwan --
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11. On Reading “A Comparison of Old and New Literature” in the Taiwan Daily News --
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12. Diary --
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13. Advance --
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14. The Solitary Spirits League and the Anarchist Theater Movement --
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15. Why Not Promote Nativist Literature? --
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16. Annotation on Three-Six-Nine Little Gazette --
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17. A Proposal on the Construction of Taiwanese Vernacular Writing --
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18. On Reforming the Taiwanese Vernacular --
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19. The Prospect of Popular Literature --
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20. A Giant Bomb on the Old Poetry Scene --
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21. Elegant Words --
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22. Absolute Objection to Nativist Literature Written in the Taiwanese Vernacular --
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23. On Taiwan’s Nativist Literature --
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24. Burning Hair—the Rites of Poetry --
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25. Writing on the Wall --
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26. Manifesto --
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27. Foreword: Understanding Folk Literature --
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28. Art Belongs to the People --
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29. The Historical Mission of Taiwan Literary Arts --
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30. Miscellaneous Thoughts on Literature—Two Types of Atmosphere --
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31. Poetry Snippets: On Highbrow --
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32. Preface to Mountain Spirit --
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33. Youth and Taiwan (II): Ideal and Reality of the New Drama Movement --
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34. A Chat with the Governor-General About Discontinuing Chinese Columns in Daily Newspapers --
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35. Why Can’t Taiwan’s Art Scene Advance? --
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36. Criticism and Guidance Welcomed --
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37. On the Future of Taiwanese Literature --
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38. The Prospect of Taiwanese Literature --
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39. The Past, Present, and Future of Taiwanese Literature --
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40. On Building a Literary Scene in Taiwan --
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41. Diary (1942–1944) --
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42. Responsibility of the Literati on the Island --
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43. Taiwanese Theater in the Current Stage of Development --
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44. A Conversation on Taiwanese Culture --
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45. A Commentary on Current Literature --
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46. Kuso Realism and Pseudo-Romanticism --
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47. An Open Letter to Mr. Shiwai Min --
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48. Good Writing, Bad Writing --
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49. In Defense of Kuso Realism --
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50. The Thorny Road Continues --
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51. Our Propositions --
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52. The Path of Bridge—Report on the Second Writers’ Gathering --
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53. Questions and Answers Concerning Taiwanese Literature --
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Part II. Wading Through the Cold War Under Martial Law (1949–1987) --
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Introduction --
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1. Inaugural Preface to Literary Creation --
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2. Declaration --
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3. Inaugural Preface to Military Literature: Establishing a Modernized, Populist, Revolutionary, and Combative National Literature --
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4. Poetry Is Poetry; Song Is Song; We Do Not Say “Poem-Song” --
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5. Explicating the Tenets of the Modernist School --
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6. To the Reader --
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7. A Critique of Peng Ge’s Setting Moon and a Discussion of the Modern Novel --
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8. Newsletter of Literary Friends: Correspondence Between Zhong Zhaozheng and Zhong Lihe --
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9. Notes from the Editors of Epoch Poetry Quarterly --
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10. On Symbolist Poetry and Chinese New Poetry: A Rejoinder to Professor Su Xuelin --
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11. Five Years Later --
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12. To the Poet Ya Xian --
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13. Random Talk on New Poetry No. 4: Whither It Goes? --
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14. Taiwanese Writers Whose Works Burst with Local Color --
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15. Notes of a Poet --
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16. Introduction to Modern Literature --
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17. One Year of Modern Literature --
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18. Preface to Selected Poems of the 1960s --
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19. On Yu Guangzhong’s Sirius the Dog Star --
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20. Goodbye, Nihilism! --
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21. Preface to the Japanese edition of The Orphan of Asia --
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22. An Open Letter to Guo Lianghui --
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23. An Announcement from the Chinese Writers Association --
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24. I Do Not Value The Locked Heart and Membership in the Writers Association --
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25. Cutting Off the Prose Braids --
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26. Lower the Flag to Half-Mast for May Fourth! --
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27. Message from the Editors --
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28. Postscript to Carefree Wandering --
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29. Toward a New Departure in Modernism: Thoughts on the Recent Production of Waiting for Godot --
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30. The Girl with Long Black Hair: The Author’s Preface --
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31. The Evolution of Modern Poetry in Taiwan --
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32. Epigraph to the Inaugural Issue --
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33. On the Predicament of Modern Chinese Poets --
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34. On the Special Issue of Retrospect --
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35. Not Our Paradise --
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36. Benchmarks in Fiction Criticism: Reading Tang Jisong’s “Autumn Leaves by Ouyang Zi” --
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37. Qideng Sheng’s “Polio” Style --
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38. Take Pains to Read, Take Care to Evaluate Family Catastrophe --
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39. Looking Forward to a New Kind of Literature --
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40. Two Kinds of Spirit in Taiwanese Literature: A Comparison of Yang Kui and Zhong Lihe --
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41. Author’s Preface --
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42. She Is a True Student of China: On Reading Zhang Ailing on Reading --
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43. Should the Ban on May Fourth and 1930s Writings Be Lifted? --
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44. Grassroots Manifesto --
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45. The Past Decade of Taiwanese Literature (1965–1975)—with Remarks on Wang Wenxing’s Family Catastrophe --
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46. The Pursuit and Disappearance of Utopia --
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47. Random Thoughts: Author’s Preface --
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48. Starting from the Flaws of Taipei People: On the Method and Practice of Literary Criticism --
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49. Looking Back --
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50. Preface to Three-Three Journal --
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51. It Is Realist Literature, Not Nativist Literature— A Historical Analysis of Nativist Literature --
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52. Introduction to the History of Nativist Literature in Taiwan --
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53. The Blind Spot of Nativist Literature --
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54. Where Is Literature Without Human Nature? --
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55. Xiangtu Wenxue: Its Merits and Demerits --
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56. Impressions Gleaned from the Conference on Literary Arts Organized by the Armed Forces: The Bugle of Unity --
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57. Notes on the Publication of Essays on Nativist Literature --
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58. Two Types of Literary Mind: On Two Short Stories That Won the United Daily Fiction Contest --
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59. Ten Years of Flowing River --
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60. Foreword to Anthology of the Modern Chinese Essay --
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61. Preface to Thirty Eventful Years: The Predicament Facing the Newspaper Literary Supplement in Taiwan at Present and a Way Out --
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62. Looking Back at the Chinese Literary Arts Association --
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63. Taiwan Consciousness of the Taiwanese People --
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64. Influence and Response! From Concern, Engagement, and Action to “We Have Only One Earth” --
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65. Footprints, Sort Of: Superfluous Words on the Launch of the Newsletter of Literary Friends --
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66. Eternal Quest (in Lieu of a Preface) --
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67. The Question of Nativization in Taiwanese Literature at the Present Stage --
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68. House of Salt—by Way of Introduction --
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69. Flaws and Mercy—Preface to The Mulberry Sea --
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70. The Translingual Generation of Poets: Beginning with the Silver Bell Society --
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71. Heralding a Taiwanese Dawn: Introducing Lin Shuangbu, Novelist of the New Generation, and Appraising Taiwan’s Enfeebled Fiction --
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72. Sacrificing a Life to Literature Is Nothing to Boast About --
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73. A Painful Confession --
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74. Something Out of Nothing: On Improvisation and Theater --
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Part III. The Era of Democracy and Globalization (1987–2005) --
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Introduction --
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1. Preface to Series in Contemporary Mainland Chinese Writers: Replies to Inquiries --
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2. Coming Together for a Long Journey Ahead: Celebrating the Birth of the Taipei Theater Fellowship --
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3. Preface to Heteroglossia --
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4. Writing a Literature with a Nationality --
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5. Recovering Our Names --
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6. Preface to Complete Works of Taiwanese Writers --
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If the Poets Don’t Die, the Thieves Won’t Quit1: The Predicament of Taiwan’s Poetry Scene and How to Resolve It --
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8. She Waves the Flag: Preface to Ping Lu’s New Collection Who Killed XXX? --
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9. Diary --
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10. Literature of the Military Family Village: The Inheritance and Abandonment of Homesickness --
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11. Discovering a New Taiwan: On Wang Qimei’s Collage --
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12. Inaugural Editorial of the Taiwanese Poetics Quarterly --
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13. The World of Mountains and Seas: Preface to the Inaugural Issue of the Culture of Mountains and Seas Bimonthly --
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14. Who Is Going to Wear My Beautiful Knit Dress? --
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15. Summer Mist --
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16. Postscript to On the Island’s Edge --
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17. On Ku’er: Reflections on Ku’er and Ku’er Literature in Contemporary Taiwan --
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18. Preface: Just Who Is the Devil with a Chastity Belt? --
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19. Wandering in Gods’ Garden (in Lieu of a Preface) --
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20. Saving a Boatload of Starlight: The Story of How Mr. Wang Tiwu Gave Financial Assistance to Young Writers --
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21. The Activist Character of the Literary Supplement to the United Daily --
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22. Newspaper Literary Supplements and the Nobel Prize in Literature: A Personal Reflection --
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23. On Bai --
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24. Retrospect on Thirty Years of Taiwan Literary Arts --
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25. Foreword II: On Taiwan’s Literary Canon --
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26. To the Reader: Preface to the Unitas Edition of Complete Works of Luo Zhicheng --
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27. Broken Chinese and Good Work --
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28. Like a Road Sign That Looks Ahead and Behind: Introduction to Compendium of Taiwanese-language Literature --
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29. The Brave New World of the Mother Tongue: Taiwanese-language Literature Under Construction --
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30. A Flower Recalls Its Previous Incarnation: Remembering Zhang Ailing and Hu Lancheng --
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31. The Mysterious Revelations of Nature Writing --
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32. Building a Bridge for Taiwanese Literature: Foreword to the Newsletter of the National Museum of Taiwan Literature --
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33. A Perspective on Prose --
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34. My Story of the Chinese Language—Roaming --
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35. A First Step Out of “Migration Literature” --
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36. Hakka Literature, Literary Hakka --
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37. The End of the Military Family Village --
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38. Interview with Wu He --
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39. Zhang Xiaofeng on Prose --
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40. Preface to the New Edition of Born Under the Twelfth Star Sign --
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41. Ocean Tide Loves Me Best: A Dialogue Between Sun Dachuan and Xiaman Lanpoan --
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Glossary --
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Selected Bibliography --
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Notes on the Translators --
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Notes on the Authors --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Aufsatzsammlung
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https://doi.org/10.7312/chan16576
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