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Jottings Under Lamplight - Lu, Xun, and Cheng, Eileen J (Editor), and Denton, Kirk A (Editor)
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Lu Xun (1881-1936) is widely considered the greatest writer of twentieth-century China. Although primarily known for his two slim volumes of short fiction, he was a prolific and inventive essayist. Jottings under Lamplight showcases Lu Xun's versatility as a master of prose forms and his brilliance as a cultural critic with translations of sixty-two of his essays, twenty of which are translated here for the first time. While a medical student in Tokyo, Lu Xun viewed a photographic slide that purportedly inspired his ...

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Jottings Under Lamplight 2017, Harvard University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780674744257

Hardcover