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Construct your research strategically.
Look for background on Chinese literary theory in -- Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
on Chinese history in -- Cambridge History of China
on Chinese art in -- Oxford/Grove Art Online
on Chinese film in -- Oxford Bibliography of Chinese Film
Use catalogs to find books
CBBcat - for readily available e-books
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A few examples:
The Cambridge history of Chinese literature. Vol. II
A new literary history of modern China, edited by David Der-wei Wang
A companion to modern Chinese literature, edited by Yingjin Zhang
Ideological Transformation of 20th Century Chinese Literature, by Xie, Mian
Contested modernities in Chinese literature, edited by Charles A. Laughlin
Fiery cinema: the emergence of an affective medium in China, 1915-1945, by Weihong Bao
The lyrical in epic time: modern Chinese intellectuals and artists through the 1949 crisis, by David Der-wei Wang
Fragmenting modernisms: Chinese wartime literature, art, and film, 1937-49, by Carolyn FitzGerald
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