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Classicism 2.0: The Vitality of Classicist Poetry Online in Contemporary China 古典主义2.0:当代中国在线古典主义诗歌的生命力

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Frontiers of Literary Studies in China Pub Date : 2018-10-10 DOI: 10.3868/s010-007-018-0025-0

Zhiyi Yang, Ma Dayong

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Pursuit of the Modern While Preserving Tradition: The Japan Poems of Huang Zunxian 在保留传统的同时追求现代:黄遵宪的日本诗

IF 0.1 4区文学

Frontiers of Literary Studies in China Pub Date : 2018-07-09 DOI: 10.3868/S010-007-018-0014-6

R. Lynn

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Li Ruqian, the Lu Xun of the Nineteenth Century 李汝谦，十九世纪的鲁迅

IF 0.1 4区文学

Frontiers of Literary Studies in China Pub Date : 2018-07-09 DOI: 10.3868/S010-007-018-0015-3

J. Schmidt

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The Poetic Transition and Modernity in Chen Sanli’s (1852–1937) Ancient-Style Verse 陈三立古体诗的诗性转型与现代性

IF 0.1 4区文学

Frontiers of Literary Studies in China Pub Date : 2018-07-09 DOI: 10.3868/S010-007-018-0017-7

Tsu-Cheng Lin

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Lyricism, the Veneration of Feeling, and Narrative Techniques in the Poetry Talks of the Southern Society* 南方诗话中的抒情性、情的尊化与叙事技巧*

IF 0.1 4区文学

Frontiers of Literary Studies in China Pub Date : 2018-07-09 DOI: 10.3868/S010-007-018-0019-1

Lin Hsiang-ling

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The Making of a Master Narrative and How to Break It—Introduction to the Double Special Issue “Multivalent Lyric Classicism” 大师叙事的形成与打破——“多元抒情古典主义”双特刊简介

IF 0.1 4区文学

Frontiers of Literary Studies in China Pub Date : 2018-07-09 DOI: 10.3868/S010-007-018-0013-9

Zhiyi Yang

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From Poetic Revolution to the Southern Society: The Birth of Classicist Poetry in Modern China* 从诗歌革命到南方社会——中国现代古典主义诗歌的诞生*

IF 0.1 4区文学

Frontiers of Literary Studies in China Pub Date : 2018-07-09 DOI: 10.3868/S010-007-018-0018-4

Sun Zhimei

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Shen Queying: A Reform Martyr’s Widow or a Martyress of Her Own Causes? 沈绮颖:改革烈士的遗孀还是自己事业的殉道者?

IF 0.1 4区文学

Frontiers of Literary Studies in China Pub Date : 2018-07-09 DOI: 10.3868/S010-007-018-0016-0

Nanxiu Qian

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I Love Bill (Excerpt) 我爱比尔(节选)

IF 0.1 4区文学

Frontiers of Literary Studies in China Pub Date : 2018-06-05 DOI: 10.3868/S010-007-018-0004-9

Wang Anyi, Todd J. Foley

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Nick Admussen, Recite and Refuse: Contemporary Chinese Prose Poetry 《背诵与拒绝:当代中国散文诗》

IF 0.1 4区文学

Frontiers of Literary Studies in China Pub Date : 2018-06-05 DOI: 10.3868/s010-007-018-0010-8

Todd Foley

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