
Goddess (First Version)
by Guo Moruo
About This Novel
"Goddess" is Guo Moruo's masterpiece. Includes Guo Moruo's major poems from 1919 to 1921. Together with the preface, there are 57 chapters in total. Most of them were written by Guo Moruo when he was studying in Japan. Among the representative poems are "Phoenix Nirvana", "Rebirth of the Goddess", "Coal in the Furnace", "Sunrise" and "Earth, My Mother!" ""Tengu", "Good Morning", etc. The content uses mythological themes, poetic drama genres, symbolic techniques, etc. To reflect reality. Guo Moruo has a profound foundation in Chinese studies and is familiar with fables, myths and allusions. His poems can be a channel for modern people to return to tradition. At the same time, he is familiar with the latest scientific, philosophical, cultural and other advances in the West, so his poems have a strong modernity. In terms of poetry form, it broke through the shackles of old styles and created a vigorous and unrestrained free verse style, which opened up a new world for the development of free verse after the "May Fourth Movement" and became the foundation of new Chinese poetry.
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