The Rude Awakening (1840s-96) -- 'Sturm und Drang' (1897-1927) -- The Not So United Fronts (1928-49) -- The Strange Interlude (1950-76) -- The Tsunami (1977-Present)
Summary
This book studies the reception history of Western literature in China from the 1840s to the present. Shouhua Qi explores the socio-historical contexts and the contours of the ways Western literature was introduced, mostly through translation, and assesses its transformative impact in the cultural, literary as well as sociopolitical life of modern China