Different from previous researches weighted toward historical description and individual writer and work, this book establishes a general analytical system and

This book expounds on every aspect of Chinese literature: characteristics, time periods, regional nature, categories, allure, transmission, appreciation, etc. I

Different from previous researches weighted toward historical description and individual writer and work, this book establishes a general analytical system and

Selected for Choice's list of Outstanding Academic Books for 1997. A comprehensive overview of China's 3,000 years of literary history, from its beginnings to t

The written culture of 20th-century China has only recently begun to receive sustained attention from Western readers and critics. This book presents illuminati