Composing Modernist Connections in China and Europe

<p>Global modernisms are marked by tremendous transformations in lifestyle historical consciousness cultural values ethics wars and crises. This book emphasizes modernist connections within literature culture history and media beyond the nation state and the bifurcation between East and West. Instead of deconstructing and separating <i>Composing Modernist Connections in China and Europe </i>composes and forges new combinations linkages and translations that place Chinese and European modernisms on an equal footing. This book features contributions on James Joyce Stefan George Hugo von Hofmannsthal Anna Seghers Qian Zhongshu Weimar labor modernism Chinese wartime literature Chinese movies in divided Germany and Sinophone modernity among other subjects.</p>