Foreword (by John Bayley)
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction: The May Fourth Intellectual Background
Part I: The Response to Russian Literature
1: Translations and the Reading Public
2: Chinese Consciousness and the Russian Impact
3: The Russian Hero in the May Fourth Context
Part II: The Hero of His Time
4: Yu Dafu's Superfluous Hero
5: Mao Dun's Defeated Hero
6: Ba Jin's Estranged Hero
7: Lu Xun's Awakened Hero
Part III: In Search of a New Hero
8: Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Index