Written on water
著者
書誌事項
Written on water
(Weatherhead books on Asia)
Columbia University Press, c2005
- タイトル別名
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Liu yan
- 統一タイトル
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Liu yan
大学図書館所蔵 全1件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Known as "the Garbo of Chinese letters" for her elegance and the aura of mystery that surrounded her, Eileen Chang is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential modern Chinese novelists and cultural critics of the twentieth century. In Written on Water, first published in 1945 and now available for the first time in English, Chang offers essays on art, literature, war, and urban life, as well as autobiographical reflections. Chang takes in the sights and sounds of wartime Shanghai and Hong Kong, with the tremors of national upheaval and the drone of warplanes in the background, and inventively fuses explorations of urban life, literary trends, domestic habits, and historic events. These evocative and moving firsthand accounts examine the subtle and not-so-subtle effects of the Japanese bombing and occupation of Shanghai and Hong Kong. Eileen Chang writes of friends, colleagues, and teachers turned soldiers or wartime volunteers, and her own experiences as a part-time nurse. Her nuanced depictions range from observations of how a woman's elegant dress affects morale to descriptions of hospital life.
With a distinctive style that is at once meditative, vibrant, and humorous, Chang engages the reader through sly, ironic humor; an occasionally chatty tone; and an intense fascination with the subtleties of modern urban life. The collection vividly captures the sights and sounds of Shanghai, a city defined by its mix of tradition and modernity. Chang explores the city's food, fashions, shops, cultural life, and social mores; she reveals and upends prevalent attitudes toward women and in the process presents a portrait of a liberated, cosmopolitan woman, enjoying the opportunities, freedoms, and pleasures offered by urban life. In addition to her descriptions of daily life, Chang also reflects on a variety of artistic and literary issues, including contemporary films, the aims of the writer, the popularity of the Peking Opera, dance, and painting.
目次
Introduction, by Nicole Huang1. A Childish Discourse2. Writing of Oneis Own3. Notes on Apartment Life4. Bugle Music from the Night Barracks5. iWhat Is Essential Is That Names Be Righti6. From the Ashes7. Shanghainese, After All8. Seeing with the Streets9. A Chronicle of Changing Clothes10. Love11. Speaking of Women12. By the Light of the Silver Lantern13. Letis Go! Letis Go Upstairs14. Schooling at the Silver Palace15. Peking Opera Through Foreign Eyes16. On Carrots17. The Sayings of Yanying18. Unpublished Manuscripts19. What Are We to Write?20. Making People21. Beating People22. Poetry and Nonsense23. With the Women on the Tram24. Whispers25. Unforgettable Paintings26. Under an Umbrella27. On Dance28. On Painting29. On the Second Edition of Romances30. On Music31. Epilogue: Days and Nights of China
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