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• catalog abstract ""This book opens up three new topics in modern Chinese literary history: the intimate lives of Lu Xun and Xu Guangping as a couple; real and imagined love-letters in modern Chinese literature; and concepts of privacy in China. The scandalous affair between modern China's greatest writer and his former student is revealed in their letters to each other between 1925 and 1929. Publication of the letters in a heavily edited version in 1933 was intended partly to profit from a current trend for literary couples to publish their private letters, but another reason was to assert control over their love story, taking it away from the gossip-mongers." "The biographies in Part I, based on the unedited letters, reveal such hitherto neglected information as Xu Guangping's early tendencies towards lesbianism; her gender reversal games and Lu Xun's willing participation in them; Xu Guangping's two early attempts at suicide; and Lu Xun's attempts to play down Xu Guangping's political activism and to impress readers with his own militancy. Part II shows how Lu Xun chose to publish their edited letters in the context of current Chinese epistolary fiction and love-letters published by their authors. Part III provides unique evidence on the nature of privacy in modern China through a comparison between the unedited and edited correspondence. Textual evidence shows their intimate secrets about their affairs, their bodies, and their domestic lives; their fear of gossip; their longing for a secluded life together; and their ambivalent attitudes towards the traditional conflict between public service and private or selfish interests. Although it has sometimes been claimed that Chinese culture lacks a sense of privacy, this study reveals the contents, functions, and values of privacy in China in the early twentieth century."--Jacket.".
• catalog alternative "Intimate lives of Lu Xun and Xu Guangping".
• catalog contributor b12675435.
• catalog contributor b12675436.
• catalog contributor b12675437.
• catalog created "2002.".
• catalog date "2002".
• catalog date "2002.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
• catalog description ""The biographies in Part I, based on the unedited letters, reveal such hitherto neglected information as Xu Guangping's early tendencies towards lesbianism; her gender reversal games and Lu Xun's willing participation in them; Xu Guangping's two early attempts at suicide; and Lu Xun's attempts to play down Xu Guangping's political activism and to impress readers with his own militancy. Part II shows how Lu Xun chose to publish their edited letters in the context of current Chinese epistolary fiction and love-letters published by their authors. Part III provides unique evidence on the nature of privacy in modern China through a comparison between the unedited and edited correspondence.".
• catalog description ""This book opens up three new topics in modern Chinese literary history: the intimate lives of Lu Xun and Xu Guangping as a couple; real and imagined love-letters in modern Chinese literature; and concepts of privacy in China. The scandalous affair between modern China's greatest writer and his former student is revealed in their letters to each other between 1925 and 1929. Publication of the letters in a heavily edited version in 1933 was intended partly to profit from a current trend for literary couples to publish their private letters, but another reason was to assert control over their love story, taking it away from the gossip-mongers."".
• catalog description "1. Introduction -- pt. I. Intimate Lives. 2. Xu Guangping 'in the Front Row': 1898-1925. 3. Lu Xun's 'Life without Love': 1881-1925. 4. Courtship: March 1925-August 1926. 5. Separation: September 1926-January 1927. 6. Living Together: January 1927-June 1929. 7. Birth and Death: 1929-68 -- pt. II. Real and Imagined Letters. 8. Traditional Chinese and Western Letters. 9. Modern Chinese Letters and Epistolary Fiction. 10. The Making of Letters between Two. 11. Frequency, Appearance, and Terms of Address. 12. Defining Identities, Testing Roles -- pt. III. Searching for Privacy. 13. Mapping Personal Space. 14. Sex and Sexual Relationships. 15. Bodies, Bodily Functions and Activities, and Hygiene. 16. Domestic Life and Habits.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-298) and index.".
• catalog description "Textual evidence shows their intimate secrets about their affairs, their bodies, and their domestic lives; their fear of gossip; their longing for a secluded life together; and their ambivalent attitudes towards the traditional conflict between public service and private or selfish interests. Although it has sometimes been claimed that Chinese culture lacks a sense of privacy, this study reveals the contents, functions, and values of privacy in China in the early twentieth century."--Jacket.".
• catalog extent "xii, 305 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0199256799".
• catalog isPartOf "Studies on contemporary China (Oxford, England).".
• catalog isPartOf "Studies on contemporary China".
• catalog issued "2002".
• catalog issued "2002.".
• catalog language "eng chi".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
• catalog subject "895.1/85109 B 21".
• catalog subject "Authors, Chinese 20th century Correspondence.".
• catalog subject "Lu, Xun, 1881-1936 Correspondence.".
• catalog subject "PL2754.S5 Z48 2002".
• catalog subject "Xu, Guangping, 1898-1968 Correspondence.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- pt. I. Intimate Lives. 2. Xu Guangping 'in the Front Row': 1898-1925. 3. Lu Xun's 'Life without Love': 1881-1925. 4. Courtship: March 1925-August 1926. 5. Separation: September 1926-January 1927. 6. Living Together: January 1927-June 1929. 7. Birth and Death: 1929-68 -- pt. II. Real and Imagined Letters. 8. Traditional Chinese and Western Letters. 9. Modern Chinese Letters and Epistolary Fiction. 10. The Making of Letters between Two. 11. Frequency, Appearance, and Terms of Address. 12. Defining Identities, Testing Roles -- pt. III. Searching for Privacy. 13. Mapping Personal Space. 14. Sex and Sexual Relationships. 15. Bodies, Bodily Functions and Activities, and Hygiene. 16. Domestic Life and Habits.".
• catalog title "Intimate lives of Lu Xun and Xu Guangping".
• catalog title "Love-letters and privacy in modern China : the intimate lives of Lu Xun and Xu Guangping / [translated by] Bonnie S. McDougall.".
• catalog type "Records and correspondence. fast".
• catalog type "text".