Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. 1 Introduction 1
5. 2 Tradition and Hybridity in Shi Zhecun and Mu Shiying 24
6. 3 Wartime Literature between Tradition and Modernity 44
7. 4 Boundaries of the Real in Xu Xu’s Fiction 62
8. 5 Wumingshi and the Wartime Romances 89
9. 6 Opposition, Imitation, Adaptation and Diffusion in Popular Chinese Literature 113
10. Bibliography 122
11. Index 134