Cultural Transplantation: The Writing of Classical Chinese Poetry in Colonial Singapore 1887-1945 (Chinese Overseas, 22)

Contents
Acknowledgments
Illustrations
Note on Romanization
Introduction
	1 Cultural Transplantation
	2 Toward a Nanyang Poetics
	3 Identity, Diaspora, and Sinophone Literature
		3.1 Identity
		3.2 Diaspora and Sinophone
	4 Content of the Book
1 Founding Fathers: Qing Consul-Poets Zuo Binglongand Huang Zunxian
	1 Zuo and Huang’s Promotion of Chinese Culture and Literature
	2 Lament of a Sojourner: Zuo Binglong’s Poetry
	3 An Intellectual’s Perspective: Huang Zunxian’s Poetry
2 Naming and Local Colour: Qiu Shuyuan and His“Star Island” Poetry
	1 Qiu Shuyuan’s Dramatic and Legendary Life
	2 Naming: “Star Island” and the “Eight Scenes”
		2.1 “Star Island”
		2.2 The Eight Scenes of Star Island
	3 Nanyang Colour
3 Building Cultural Space: Qiu Shuyuan andSingapore’s Literary Community
	1 The Lizeshe
	2 Tanshe and Its Poetry
		2.1 The Founding of the Tanshe and Its Poets
		2.2 Local Consciousness and Nostalgia in the Tanshe Poetry
			2.2.1 Local Consciousness
			2.2.2 Nostalgia
4 Reinventing the Blue Tower Tradition: Poetry onProstitution
	1 Chinese Prostitution in Colonial Singapore
	2 Traditional Courtesan Culture and Literature
	3 Qiu Shuyuan’s Sensual Poetry
		3.1 Intimacy
		3.2 Imagination
5 Versifying Religious Belief: Sinitic Buddhism andBuddhist Poets
	1 New Developments of Sinitic Buddhism in China and Singapore
	2 Buddhist Poetry in Singapore
		2.1 Qiu Shuyuan
		2.2 Li Juncheng
		2.3 Ruiyu
6 Lyrical Records of Social Mores: Bamboo BranchVerse and Singapore Society
	1 Generic Distinctiveness and Functions of Zhuzhici
	2 Nanyang in the Eyes of Zhuzhici Writers
		2.1 Social Comments
		2.2 Nostalgia and Domestic Life
	3 Qiu Shuyuan’s Bamboo Branch Verse
7 The Uprooted Orchid: Lanhua ji Poets in theOccupation Period
	1 The Loyalist Tradition and Literature of the Occupied Areas
	2 Classical-Style Poetry and War-Resistance Literature
	3 Description of the Fall of Singapore
	4 Literary Gatherings of the Lanhua ji Poets
Epilogue: What Then?
Selected Bibliography
	Sources in Chinese
	Sources in English
Index