Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One: Engaging Traditions -- 1 Heterodox Views and the New Orthodox Poems: Tibetan Writers in the Early and Mid-Twentieth Century / Lauran R. Hartley -- 2 Roar of the Snow Lion: Tibetan Poetry in Chinese / Yangdon Dhondup -- 3 The Development of Modern Tibetan Literature in the People's Republic of China in the 1980s / Tsering Shakya -- 4 D�ondrup Gyel and the Remaking of the Tibetan Ramayana / Nancy G. Lin -- 5 "Heartbeat of a New Generation": A Discussion of the New Poetry / Pema Bhum -- 6 "Heartbeat of a New Generation" Revisited / Pema Bhum -- 7 "Oracles and Demons" in Tibetan Literature Today: Representations of Religion in Tibetan-Medium Fiction / Fran�coise Robin -- Part Two: Negotiating Modernities -- 8 One Nation, Two Discourses: Tibetan New Era Literature and the Language Debate / Lara Maconi -- 9 The "Condor" Flies over Tibet: Zhaxi Dawa and the Significance of Tibetan Magical Realism / Patricia Schiaffini-Vedani -- 10 In Question of an "I": Identity and Idiocy in Alai's Red Poppies / Howard Y. F. Choy -- 11 Development and Urban Space in Contemporary Tibetan Literature / Riika J. Virtanen -- 12 Modern Tibetan Literature and the Rise of Writer Coteries / Sangye Gyatso (Gangzh�un) -- 13 Tibetan Literature in the Diaspora / Hortsang Jigme -- 14 Placing Tibetan Fiction in a World of Literary Studies: Jamyang Norbu's The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes / Steven J. Venturino -- Appendix 1: Glossary of Tibetan Spellings -- Appendix 2: Glossary of Chinese Terms -- Appendix 3: Contemporary Tibetan Literary Works in Translation.

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