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This book investigates the poetics of three of the most internationally renowned contemporary Chinese poets - Bei Dao, Yang Lian and Duoduo - who were all exiled from China after the 1989 Tiananmen student movement. Their poetry was later to be labelled 'Misty poetry' (Menglongshi). Emphasising polyvalent imagery and irregular syntax, Misty poetry engenders a multiplicity of meanings, often leading to interpretational indeterminacy. This book examines three aspects of the 'Mistiness' of the poets' oeuvre: the socio-historic background where Misty poets live and write; imagery; and linguistic e

Chinese poetry --- History and criticism. --- Duoduo, --- Beidao, --- Yang, Lian, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Yang, Lien, --- Lian, Yang, --- 杨炼, --- 楊煉, --- Pei-tao, --- Bei Dao, --- 北岛, --- 北島, --- Zhao, Zhenkai, --- Chao, Chen-kʻai, --- 趙振開, --- Ai, Shan, --- 艾珊, --- Shi, Mo, --- Shih, Mo, --- 石默, --- Dao, Bei, --- To-to, --- Li, Shih-cheng, --- Li, Shizheng, --- Duo, Duo, --- Duo Duo, --- 多多, --- 朵朵,