Chronology Entry
Year
1941
Text
Acton, Harold. Peonies and ponies [ID D30885]. [Novel about British life in Beijing].
Zhang Yanping : In Harold Acton's Peking-based fiction Peonies and ponies, the fictional Englishman Philip Flower expresses his love for Yang, a Chinese boy: "I was drawn to Yang the moment I set eyes on him. He appealed to my imagination. I'd do anything for him. Don't ask me why. I hardly know myself! I suppose it's because he is a living symbol of China, and I'm in love". The Chinese boy rises from Acton's text as a symbol of beauty. His irredeemable otherness seems to offer the prospect of revitalization to the aesthete.
Zhang Yanping : In Harold Acton's Peking-based fiction Peonies and ponies, the fictional Englishman Philip Flower expresses his love for Yang, a Chinese boy: "I was drawn to Yang the moment I set eyes on him. He appealed to my imagination. I'd do anything for him. Don't ask me why. I hardly know myself! I suppose it's because he is a living symbol of China, and I'm in love". The Chinese boy rises from Acton's text as a symbol of beauty. His irredeemable otherness seems to offer the prospect of revitalization to the aesthete.
Mentioned People (1)
Acton, Harold
(Florenz 1904-1994 Florenz) : Britischer Schriftsteller
Subjects
Literature : Occident : Great Britain
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 2011 |
Zhang, Yanping. "Of human bondage" : Somerset Maugham in China. (Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2011). M.Phil. Univ. of Hong Kong, 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bitstream/10722/133977/3/FullText.pdf?accept=1 S. 19. |
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