Hong Kong Literature Series (1919-1949)

Popular literature has always been considered as a marginal literature.This volume is designed to correct this prejudice. So the author has picked gold from the sand, and dated back to the late Qing Dynasty until 1949.The volume includes the following types of novels such as romance, martial art, detectives, society, back-door listing, and the sky; in addition, it also contains works such as the literary sketches given a new sense, Cantonese folk song, dragon boat, and drama text.The literary styles are diversified, including classical Chinese, vernacular Chinese, Cantonese, saam kap dai, etc.Compiled chronologically, the volume allows readers to explore the relationship between inheritance and evolution of popular literature in Hong Kong. Apart from being artistic, the selected works also include rich data in sociology, folklore, economics, linguistics, and reader acceptance, etc. The content can be said to be unique, and obviously shows the writing style of Hong Kong writers in every period.