Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Poetic Interiorities: From Civilization to Nation 18
6. 2. Poetry Off The Page: Sound Aesthetics in Print 43
7. 3. Inventing Recitation: Poetry and the Idea of the Sounding Voice During the War of Resistance 69
8. 4. Wartime Recitals and the Consolidation of a Genre 101
9. 5. Zhu Ziqing and Situational Poetics: Sounding Out an Alternative 130
10. 6. Calculated Passions: The Lyric and the Theatric in Mao-Era Poetry Recitation 142
11. 7. From Yundong to Huodong: The Value of Poetry Recitation in Postsocialist China 168
12. Notes 189
13. Glossary 199
14. Works Cited 205
15. Index 223
16. About the Author 229