Introduction: From loyalism to postloyalism -- Qiu Fengjia and lyric poetry after trauma -- Lian Heng and the poetics of history -- Lai He, Zhang Shenquie, and topolectal writing -- Zhong Lihe, Hakka, and hospitality -- Wu Zhuoliu and orphan as metaphor -- Conclusion: Toward a postloyal criticism.
Summary:
"Considers the ways in which Taiwan's cession to Japan forever changed Taiwanese writers' and intellectuals' perception of and loyalty to China. Examines the reformulation of traditional Chinese loyalism in colonial Taiwan and the creative ways that select writers employed different genres, mother and foreign tongues, and the notion of ethnicity to accomplish their goals"-- Provided by publisher.
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