Mao Zedong’s Poetry
Mao Zedong’s Poetry

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Author(s): Karl-Heinz Pohl
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Philosophy, Literary Texts, Sociology
Published by: Central European University Press
Keywords: Mao Zedong;Poetry
Summary/Abstract: Since Stuart Schram and Joachim Schickel’s studies of Mao Zedong’s poetry,many share the view that Mao’s poems are the best—indeed, the most vivid and lively—evidence of his ability to combine tradition and modernity, Chinese and Western tradition. In short, they demonstrate his ability to “Sinicize Marxism.”

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