Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xi
4. General Introduction 1
5. PART 1: THE LATE QING PERIOD, 1893-1911
6. Introduction 65
7. 1 Preface to Poems from the Hut in the Human World 69
8. 2 Foreword to the Publication of Political Novels in Translation 71
9. 3 On the Relationship Between Fiction and the Government of the People 74
10. 4 Preface to Oliver Twist 82
11. 5 Preface to Part One of David Copperfield 84
12. 6 Miscellaneous Notes on Literature (excerpts) 87
13. 7 Incidental Remarks on Literature 90
14. 8 On the Power of Mara Poetry 96
15. PART II: THE MAY FOURTH PERIOD, 1915-1925
16. Introduction 113
17. 9 Some Modest Proposals for the Reform of Literature 123
18. 10 On Literary Revolution 140
19. 11 Nightmare 146
20. 12 Humane Literature 151
21. 13 On the Literary Arts (excerpts) 162
22. 14 Art and Life 169
23. 15 Replacing Religion with Aesthetic Education 182
24. 16 Literature and Life 190
25. 17 On Photography 196
26. 18 Preface to The Sorrows of Young Werther 204
27. 19 Fusing with Nature 213
28. 20 A Critique of the New Culturists 218
29. 21 Women and Literature 228
30. 22 On "Literary Criticism" 233
31. 23 My Opinions on Creativity 235
32. 24 Preface to Call to Arms 238
33. 25 Remarks on the Publication of Saturday 243
34. 26 Congratulations to Happy Magazine 245
35. 27 The Mission of the New Literature 247
36. PART III: REVOLUTIONARY LITERATURE, 1923-1930
37. Introduction 257
38. 28 Class Struggle in Literature 263
39. 29 From a Literary Revolution to a Revolutionary Literature 269
40. 30 The Bygone Age of Ah Q 276
41. 31 On Reading Ni Huanzhi 289
42. 32 Literature and Revolution 307
43. 33 Dai Wangshu's Poetic Theory 316
44. 34 Form in Poetry 318
45. 35 The Divergence of Art and Politics 328
46. 36 Thoughts on Realism 335
47. 37 Realism: A "Correction" 345
48. PART IV: THE DEBATE ON LITERARY FREEDOM, 1932-1935
49. Introduction 359
50. 38 Do Not Encroach Upon Literary Art 363
51. 39 Regarding the Literary News and Hu Qiuyuan's Literary Arguments 367
52. 40 Freedom for Literature but Not the Writer 376
53. 41 On the "Third Category" 383
54. 42 Preface to Public Cemetery 387
55. 43 A Record of My Own Inspiration 390
56. 44 Literature and Life 392
57. PART V: THE PERIOD OF NATIONAL CRISIS, 1936-1945
58. Introduction 403
59. 45 On National Defense Literature 409
60. 46 What Do the Broad Masses Demand of Literature? 415
61. 47 The Question of Popular Literature and Art 418
62. 48 Excerpts from Mao Zedong 428
63. 49 Literature and Art for the Masses and the Use of Traditional Forms 433
64. 50 My Writing 436
65. 51 On Writers 443
66. 52 Universal or Restricted? 450
67. 53 We Need the Zawen Essay 455
68. 54 Talks at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art 458
69. 55 Realism Today 485
70. Reference Matter
71. Glossary 493
72. Bibliography 521
73. Translators 537
74. Index 539