Michel Hockx
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Michel Hockx is a Professor of Chinese at the University of London
's School of Oriental and African Studies
. He is the author of several books, mainly focusing on modern Chinese poetry and literature.
His most significant book to date is Questions of Style: Literary Societies and Literary Journals in Modern China, 1911-1937, which focuses on how the style of Republican-era Chinese literature was shaped by the context in which it was produced. Specifically, Hockx looks at Chinese authors' practice of gathering in literary societies and publishing in literary journals.
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
's School of Oriental and African Studies
School of Oriental and African Studies
The School of Oriental and African Studies is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London...
. He is the author of several books, mainly focusing on modern Chinese poetry and literature.
His most significant book to date is Questions of Style: Literary Societies and Literary Journals in Modern China, 1911-1937, which focuses on how the style of Republican-era Chinese literature was shaped by the context in which it was produced. Specifically, Hockx looks at Chinese authors' practice of gathering in literary societies and publishing in literary journals.