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Literature and Revolution in Modern China: Lu Xun, Leon Trotsky, and Chen Duxiu

Literature and Revolution in Modern China: Lu Xun, Leon Trotsky, and Chen Duxiu

Yuzo, Nagahori
Gregor Benton
Gregor Benton

Paperback

Series: Historical Materialism

Literary CriticismSocial Movements

ISBN13: 9798888907948
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: Jun 2 2026
Pages: 305
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.71 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Literature and Revolution in Modern China sets out to rescue Lu Xun from the distortion of his legacy by the Chinese Communist literary establishment, Mao Zedong, and Stalinism.

The book reconstructs Lu Xun's literary theory and political position within its historical context, considering Trotsky's literary theory and his relationship with the Chinese Trotskyists and the Chinese Communist Party. In doing so, Nagahori Yuzo corrects errors and shortcomings in conventional studies of Lu Xun. At the same time, the book aims to show how Lu Xun was used by the Chinese Communists and Mao Zedong for political purposes, beginning in the Yan'an years and culminating during the Cultural Revolution.

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