The modern Chinese literary essay

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Introduction by Martin Woesler discusses the significance of intellectual exchange. The preface highlights the growth of the Chinese essay, followed by a keynote emphasizing its rightful place in Chinese literature. The emergence of the modern Chinese essay is explored, detailing precursors and Western influences. Woesler examines the aesthetic of marginalism and its impact on the essay form. Jianhua Chen analyzes Zhou Shoujuan’s work and its connection to urban culture and modern subjectivity. Nicole Huang focuses on Eileen Chang’s contributions to the modern essay. Daniel A. Fried provides perspectives on ideology through the essays of Zhu Ziqing and Frantz Fanon, while Charles A. Laughlin discusses incongruous lyricism in the context of Chinese socialist culture. Alexandra R. Wagner reads traditional gestures in modern essays of place, and Hong Yu critiques Qian Zhongshu's essays. Ban Wang addresses the essayistic mode in contemporary literature, followed by Mary Scoggin’s exploration of the genre of zawen. Jie Lu reflects on nostalgia in Zhang Wei's essays, and Xinmin Liu deciphers cultural polemics surrounding Zhang Chengzhi’s work. King-Fai Tam discusses the xiaopin wen genre, while Ming-Lee Cheng and Wai Leung Wong examine regional perspectives from Taiwan and Hong Kong. Woesler offers an overview of 20th-century Chinese essays, including insights into key essayists. The book concludes with a survey of the genre and a n