The book is composed of two volumes.The first volume mainly includes reading and critical analyses,while the second one contains inquiries into literary and cultural phenomena.The notes are refreshing though most of the works and writers duscussed in this book are quite well-known in the literary world.While discussing a particular piece of work.While discussing a particular piece of work,the author always brings out its meaning at a deeper level.While analyzing literary plenomena,he tries to grasp their internal essence.For instance,in Modernism & Chinese Modern Litrature,starting from the three contentions about modernism in China's new era,the author makes a penetrating analysis on the relationshi between modernism literature and chinese new era literature,and offers many new ideas calling for deep thoughts.The writer is good at putting in vivid words profound thonghts and complicated emotion giving this collection a special charm.