{"product_id":"chinas-literary-cosmopolitans-christopher-rea-9789004299962","title":"China's Literary Cosmopolitans","description":"\u003ci\u003eChina's Literary Cosmopolitans\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive introduction to the literary oeuvres of Qian Zhongshu (1910-98) and Yang Jiang (b. 1911). It assesses their novels, essays, stories, poetry, plays, translations, and criticism, and discusses their reception as two of the most important Chinese scholar-writers of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In addition to re-evaluating this married couple's intertwined literary careers, the book also explains why they have come to represent such influential models of Chinese literary cosmopolitanism. Uncommonly well-versed in Western languages and literatures, Qian and Yang chose to live in China and write in Chinese. \u003ci\u003eChina's Literary Cosmopolitans\u003c\/i\u003e argues for their artistic importance while analyzing their works against the modern cultural imperative that Chinese literature be worldly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Rea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004299963\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004299962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/24\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.30w x 0.80d","brand":"Christopher Rea","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49000671543551,"sku":"9789004299962","price":183.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chinas-literary-cosmopolitans-christopher-rea-9789004299962","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}