Screenshot of "On the Suffocating Nature of Misty Poetry"
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Title
Screenshot of "On the Suffocating Nature of Misty Poetry"
Subject
Misty Poem; Chinese Underground Literature
Description
This essay critiques the emergence of Misty Poetry in the wake of China's cultural shifts post-Cultural Revolution. The author disapproves of the emotionally abstract, ambiguous, and often unintelligible style of some modern poems, accusing them of lacking clarity and truthfulness. Defining them "misty" poems.
Creator
Shi Zhang Ming
Source
令人气闷的“朦胧”
Date
1980
Contributor
Kai Duan
Format
PNG; Screen Shot
Language
Chinese
Type
Text
Coverage
China, Late 1970s – Early 1980s
Citation
Shi Zhang Ming, “Screenshot of "On the Suffocating Nature of Misty Poetry",” Omeka, accessed June 4, 2026, https://omeka.ischool.utoronto.ca/items/show/336.