Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-201) and index
Shishosetsu Theory in Japan and the Creation Society's Encounter with the Form -- Creation Society Fiction and the Subjective Quality of May Fourth Literature -- Bundan versus Wentan: The Dynamics of the Literary Coterie and Its Audience(s) -- The Creation Society's Remaking of the Shishosetsu -- The Limits of Subversion: Political and Social Critique in the Creation Society's Early Fiction -- The Legacy of the Shishosetsu in Chinese Literature -- Synopses of Selected Creation Society Stories