Literary Letters

Letters served as a vital medium and form for Chen Sihe's literary criticism activities, a practice he "e;deliberately pursued from the outset of his literary criticism career."e;The letters selected for this volume focus on discussions of literary creation across diverse genres, including biographical writing, fiction, essays, and drama/film. They engage with numerous pivotal figures in modern and contemporary literary history-such as Cai Yuanpei, Yu Dafu, and Ba Jin-alongside significant writers like Wang Meng, Zhang Wei, and Zhang Chengzhi, and major works including The Human Form of Activity, The Golden Pasture, The Ancient Ship, and Fortress Besieged. Through these letters, Chen Sihe expresses his enduring engagement with literary creation, seeking to explore the era's spirit and literary ideals embedded within these works from a deeper and broader perspective.