Lin Yutang and China's search for modern rebirth

• Verfasst von: Qian, Suoqiao [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Lin Yutang and China's search for modern rebirth
• Verf.angabe: Qian Suoqiao
• Verlagsort: Singapore
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
• E-Jahr: 2017
• Jahr: [2017]
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 475 Seiten)
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Canon and world literature
• ISBN: 978-981-10-4657-5
• Schlagwörter: (p)Lin, Yutang
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Dokumenttyp: Biografie
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Qian, Suoqiao: Lin Yutang and China's search for modern rebirth. - Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. - xiv, 475 Seiten
• RVK-Notation: EG 13432
• Sach-SW: Lin, Yutang,-1895-1976
• Sach-SW: Electronic books
• K10plus-PPN: 1004534418
• K10plus-PPN:
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Abstract

"Preface" -- "Contents" -- "List of Figures" -- "Chapter 1 Lin Yutang and China’s Intellectual Journey to Modernity" -- "Memorializing Lin Yutang" -- "Rethinking the Legacy of Lu Xun" -- "Whether Lu Xun or Hu Shi" -- "Lin Yutang for Twenty-First Century China and the World" -- "Democracy and Human Rights: Lin as a Liberal Critic" -- "Chinese Traditional Culture: Lin as a â€Lyrical Philosopher”" -- "Chinese and World Civilization: Lin as a Cosmopolitan Critic" -- "Works Cited" -- "Chapter 2 Christian Childhood and Westernized Education" -- "Pastor’s Son" -- "The Most Distinguished â€Johannean”" -- "â€Culture Shock” in Beijing" -- "From Harvard to Leipzig" -- "Works Cited" -- "Chapter 3 â€Thus Spoke Zarathustra”: A Progressive Nationalist for the Great Revolution" -- "Science and National Learning" -- "Tagore and India" -- "â€Fair Play” or â€Beating Drowning Dogs”" -- "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" -- "Works Cited" -- "Chapter 4 From â€Little Critic” to â€Master of Humor”" -- "â€The Little Critic”" -- "Humor as Social Critique" -- "Humor as Freedom of Self" -- "Works Cited" -- "Chapter 5 Struggling Against the â€Double Dangers of Bolshevism and Fascism”" -- "Friendship with Lu Xun" -- "A Member of the Fair Society" -- "China League for Civil Rights" -- "Cold Snipes in the Dark" -- "Works Cited" -- "Chapter 6 â€My China”: The East Speaks to the West" -- "The Encounter with Pearl S. Buck and Richard Walsh" -- "My Country and My People" -- "Works Cited" -- "Chapter 7 Coming to America: The Birth of a â€Chinese Philosopher”" -- "Coming to America" -- "The Importance of Living" -- "Works Cited" -- "Chapter 8 Culture and War: Interpreting Modern China" -- "To the War-Front: Reporting on China" -- "The Birth of a Nation" -- "Woman Warrior" -- "Works Cited" -- "Chapter 9 Eastern Wisdom: Race, Empire, and World Peace

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"Race and Empire: The India Question" -- "â€Revolutionary Diplomacy”" -- "Eastern Wisdom and Modern Malaise" -- "Friendship between Lin and the Walshes" -- "Works Cited" -- "Chapter 10 Loss of China and Wisdom of America" -- "The Vigil of a Nation" -- "Typewriter, Su Dongpo, and Chinatown Family" -- "American Wisdom and American Folly" -- "American Friendship" -- "Works Cited" -- "Chapter 11 â€Looking Beyond” the Iron Curtain" -- "Looking Beyond" -- "Nanyang University Interlude" -- "Behind the Iron Curtain" -- "Challenging Maoist China" -- "In the Presence of God Through Jesus" -- "Works Cited" -- "Chapter 12 Grand Finale: â€I Take My Leave and Depart”" -- "Coming â€Home” to Taiwan" -- "Toward a Common Heritage" -- "I Take My Leave" -- "Works Cited" -- "Appendix: Bibliography of the Complete Works of Lin Yutang" -- "Chinese Character List