Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction xiii
6. Chapter One. Long-Distance Realism 1
7. Chapter Two. The Good Earth Effect 41
8. Chapter Three. Pentatonic Democracy 83
9. Chapter Four. Typographic Ethnic Modernism 122
10. Chapter Five. Xuanchuan as World Literature 166
11. Epilogue. The Afterlife of Failure 211
12. Notes 219
13. Index 247