STOCKHOLM JOURNAL OF EAST ASIAN STUDIES, VOL. V

The fifth volume of the Stockholm Journal of East Asian
Studies has just arrived from the press. This latest volume
contains the following contributions:
Kenzaburo Oe, 'Japan the Ambiguous, and myself. Nobel Lecture
1994'
Liu Zaifu, 'Literature Exiling the State'
Joseph S.M. Lau, 'China Deconstructs: the Emergence of Counter
Traditions in Recent Chinese Writing'
Liu Qingfeng, 'Moral Idealism and Asceticism'
Zhu Weizheng, 'A Gentleman's Dream: the Idea of 'Self-Reform'
in the Late Qing Dynasty'
Wang Yuanhua, 'A Letter to a Friend'
Marja Kaikkonen, 'From Knights to Nudes: Chinese Popular
Literature since Mao'
Richard King, 'Preface to an Unwritten Memoir: Kuai Dafu in
the Cultural Revolution'

The Stockholm Journal of East Asian Studies is published by
the Center for Pacific Studies at Stockholm University,
Sweden. The editors aim at publishing articles on Chinese,
Japanese, and Korean society, culture, politics, and
literature that are relevant for understanding East Asia in
modern times. In doing so, it is also their ambition to
demonstrate the relevance of historical studies for
interpreting the contemporary scene in East Asia. Annual
subscriptions rate US$ 25 (including surface mail).

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Stockholm University
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