A Guide to Chinese Literature, Vol. 74

Haft Lloyd L. Haft Lloyd L. Idema Wilt L.

ISBN 10: 0892641231 / ISBN 13: 9780892641239

Published by University of Michigan Press, 1997

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pp. 394.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Guide to Chinese Literature, Vol. 74
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0892641231
• ISBN 13: 9780892641239
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

For at least three thousand years, literature has played a central role in Chinese culture. Even in the most recent times, literary works and their authors have stood in the spotlight of social and political debates that affected the lives of millions. This great respect for literature, together with China's long history of writing and printing techniques, has resulted in a vast body of writings from past eras, while present-day literary production is so extensive that even the specialist can hardly keep abreast. A Guide to Chinese Literature provides a broad sketch of this vast terrain. The book is organized into six parts. The first part provides general readers and students of Chinese culture an overview of six crucial features of Chinese literature from beginnings to the early twentieth century. The remaining five parts present a concise overview of the literature itself, arranged into chronological periods: beginnings to 100 CE; 100-1000; 1000-1875; 1875-1915; and 1915 to the present. The development of the major literary genres is traced in each of these periods. The hardcover edition concludes with an annotated bibliography of more than 120 pages covering the most relevant studies and translations in English, French, German, and Dutch. The paper edition has a shorter bibliography and is intended for classroom use.

About the Author

Wilt L. IDEMA is Professor Emeritus of Chinese Literature at Harvard University.Llyod L. HAFT is Professor Emeritus of Chinese Literature at Leiden University.