The Phantom of the Violet: Zhou Shoujuan and Shanghai Literature and Culture (1911~1949)

About This Novel

"The Phantom of the Violet: Zhou Shojuan and Shanghai Literature and Culture, 1911-1949" is a cross-border legend about the life of Zhou Shojuan, the founder of the "Saturday School" and the leader of the "Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School". "The Phantom of the Violet" is rich in information and beautiful pictures: novels, movies, newspapers, magazines, original works, translations, violets, Saturdays - a person, a relationship, several ups and downs, several looks back, the bizarre Shanghai beach, the complicated social life... Zhou Shoujuan was one of the founders of the "Saturday School" of popular literature during the Republic of China, and a famous translator, writer, publisher and film critic. In his ideological work, Shojuan practiced the reform idea of ​​"combining the old and the new" and blended the quintessence of Chinese culture with Westernization. His novel creation praises "noble and pure" love, and sympathizes with women and disadvantaged groups. In form, he pays equal attention to classical Chinese and vernacular Chinese, inherits the Chinese lyric tradition, and draws on Western novel techniques. It has aesthetic value that can be appreciated by both refined and popular people. He introduced Western film concepts through "shadow novels" and made important contributions to early Chinese films. The love legend between Zhou Shoujuan and Ziluolan is a mixture of fact and fiction, reflecting the complexity of love, marriage and family during the Republic of China. At the same time, Zhou and his colleagues built Violet into a literary magazine brand, using the aesthetic appeal of traditional famous flowers and beauties to create the image of fashionable girls, thereby spreading modern material civilization and bringing longing for a better tomorrow to the public.

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