Introduction 1
Part One:The Historical Backgrounds for the Ger-mination of New Chinese Poetry 5
Chapter One:The Social Background 5
Chapter Two:The Poetical Background 13
Chapter Three:Western Modernism as an Origin for New Chi-nese Poetry 23
Ⅰ．To Define Western Modernism 23
Ⅱ．A Brief View of the"Modern"Background of Modernism in the West 27
Ⅲ．Some Main Characteristics of Western Modernism 33
Part Two:Western Poetical Characteristics of New Chinese Poetry 39
Chapter Four:The Formation and Development of New Chi-nese Poetry under the Influence of Western Poetics 39
Ⅰ．The Formation Period from the 1910s to the 1940s 39
Ⅱ．The Misty Poetry Period from 1978 to 1989 53
Ⅲ．The Individual Creation Period of 1990s——with a Look into the Chinese Language-poetry Group 58
Chapter Five:Western Poetical Characteristics of Xu Zhimo(1897～1931)——A Poet of Freedom and Love 66
Ⅰ．The Approach 66
Ⅱ．Xu and Cambridge 69
Ⅲ．Xu's Freedom and Individualism 74
Ⅳ．Xu's Love for Beauty and Music 79
Ⅴ．Xu's Purity and Immaturity 83
Ⅵ．Some Comments 86
Chapter Six:Western Poetical Characteristics of Gu Cheng(1956～1993)——A Poet of Fairy Tales 89
Ⅰ．Finding and Entering Another World 89
Ⅱ．East,or West 96
Ⅲ．Gu in Two Worlds 102
Ⅳ．The Difference of Western Poetics Between Xu and Gu 104
Chapter Seven:Comparison of the Poetical Characters Between New Chinese Poetry and Western Modernist Poetry 106
Ⅰ．Main Characters of New Chinese Poetry 106
Ⅱ．The Main Similarities and Differences Between Western Modernist Poetry and New Chinese Poetry 111
Part Three:Sense of Nativeness and the Influence of Chinese Poetics on Western Poetry 122
Chapter Eight:Sense of Nativeness and the Influence of Chi- 122
nese Poetics on the West 122
Ⅰ．Sense of Nativeness and the Study of Influence 122
Ⅱ．The Influence of Chinese Poetics on the West in the Cultur-al Context 126
Chapter Nine:Chinese Poetical Influence on Ezra Pound——An American Poet Who"Invented"Chinese Poetics 136
Ⅰ．Pound's Poetical Position in the West and His Poetical Con-nection with China 138
Ⅱ．Ezra Pound's Cathay and Other Translation Works 142
Ⅲ．"Ideogrammic Method"in The Cantos 151
Ⅳ．The Influence of Chinese Poetics on Ezra Pound's Imag-ism and Vorticism 156
Ⅴ．Chinese Poetics in Pound's Contemporaries 160
Ⅵ．An Inventor of Chinese Poetics? 162
Chapter Ten:Chinese Poetical Influence on J.H.Prynne——An English Poet Able to Compose in the Chinese Lan-guage 165
Ⅰ．Prynne's Poetical Achievements in the Context of the Con-temporary Western World 165
Ⅱ．Prynne's Creation of a Unique Poetical Language 175
Ⅲ．Prynnist Poetry 177
Ⅳ．Prynne's Connection with Chinese Poetics 181
Ⅴ．Chinese Poetry as a Precious Heritage for the World 192
Part Four:Investigations of the Current Situations of Poetry in Both China and the West 194
Chapter Eleven:A Review of Poetry in China and the West 194
Chapter Twelve:Investigation of the Current Situation of New Chinese Poetry——In the Light of the Western Influ-ences Thereon 198
Ⅰ．Questionnaires 198
Ⅱ．Interviews 205
Ⅲ．Publication Studies 220
Ⅳ．The Current Situation of New Chinese Poetry 225
Chapter Thirteen:The Current Situation of Contemporary Western Poetry——Taking English Poetry as the Main Sample 226
Ⅰ．Questionnaire 227
Ⅱ．Interview 229
Ⅲ．Publication Investigation 232
Ⅳ．Comparison of the Current Situation between Chinese and Western Poetry 234
Part Five:Problems of and Suggestions for New Chinese Poetry 236
Chapter Fourteen:The Relations of New Chinese Poetry with Traditional Chinese Poetry and Western Poetry 236
Ⅰ．New Chinese Poetry and the Chinese Poetical Tradition 237
Ⅱ．Harmonisation of Chinese and Western Poetics 243
Chapter Fifteen:New Chinese Poetry in the New Era 259
Ⅰ．Modern Challenges to Poetry 259
Ⅱ．Specific Problems with New Chinese Poetry 265
Chapter Sixteen:Construction of Poetics for New Chinese Poetry 281
Ⅰ．The Spirit of Poetry 281
Ⅱ．Rhyme and Rhythm 285
Ⅲ．Language,Form and Content 296
Conclusion:New Chinese Poetry in the Future 305
Selected Bibliography 310
Attachment 327
Afterword 330