After the Lugouqiao incident, the new requirement was put forward in order to cope with the Anti-Japanese War. The concept“save the nation from extinction”replaced that of“enlightenment”, which was proposed during the period of the May 4th Movement. Literature retook up the responsibility of national liberation and rebirth. Actively responding to the call of the time, Hu Feng established the literature and art magazines July, and renamed Hope when it is resumed publication in 1944. July and Hope called up the“ideological front”and helped with the progress of the Anti-Japanese War. This essay analyzes the two magazines from the following three perspectives--epochal structure, various literature forms, theoretic criticism and construction. The analysis develops from the exterior to the interior, studying the realistic spirit from a comprehensive and various aspects.