Literary+Publications

=Literary Publications =

// Creation Monthly // ( // Chuangzao Yuekan // 创造月刊 ) Influential journal containing both translated and original works published by the Creation Society from 1926-1929 (Chang, p.550) .

// Crescent Moon // ( // Xin Yue // 新月 // ) // Main publication of the Crescent Moon Society. Published from 1928-1933. Was a journal that catered mainly to the intellectual elite, especially those interested in Anglo-American literature and culture. Each issue contained a poetry section (Chang, p.550).

// Gujin // 古今 The first literary journal published under the complete occupation of Shanghai. Published from 1942-44, it featured informal essays centered around anecdotes of historical events (Fu, 110-11).

// Harvest // 收获 Launched by Ba Jin, Ji Yi, and Liu Baiyu in 1957. The first issue featured Laoshe's //Teahouse// and previously unpublished lecture notes by Lu Xun. Has run continuosly except for two brief periods, the first from 1960 t0 1964, and then again from 1966-1979. Ba Jin has edited the magazine since 1964. During the 1980's and 90's the magazine was quite influential (Martinsen).

// Qingnian Zazhi // 青年杂志 (Youth Magazine) changed to // Xin qingnian // 新青年 (New Youth) after the first year Founded by Chen Duxiu in 1915. Was the beginning of the New Culture Movement. Proposed that the youth of China reform the nation both intellectually and culturally. Ran until 1926 (Idema, 260)

// Short Story Magazine (Xiaoshuo Yuebao // 小说月报 // ) // Established in 1910 by the Commercial Press, which was the largest publishing house in Shanghai at the time. In 1921, members of the Chinese Literary Association (Wenxue yanjiu hui) became the editors and main contributors to this established fiction journal (Chang, p.547).

// Xiandai // 現代 or //Les Contemporains// (Modern) <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in;">Influential literary journal of the 1930's that was not connected to any literary circle of society (1932-1935). Was edited by Shi Zhecun. Published fiction, modernist verse, and critical debates between leftists, conservatives, and independents (Chang, p.553).

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