A Concise History of Chinese Literature
Title | A Concise History of Chinese Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Yuming Luo |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 1025 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9004203664 |
Adopting new theoretical perspectives and using updated research, this book by a leading Chinese scholar seeks to provide a coherent, panoramic description of the development of premodern Chinese literature and its major characteristics.
A Concise History of Chinese Literature
Title | A Concise History of Chinese Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Yuming Luo |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Chinese literature |
ISBN |
Chinese Literature
Title | Chinese Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Sabina Knight |
Publisher | OUP USA |
Pages | 158 |
Release | 2012-02-03 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 019539206X |
This book tells the story of Chinese literature, from prehistory to the present, in terms of literary culture's key role in supporting social and political concerns. A welcome guide for teachers, students, and lay readers, Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction honours traditional Chinese understandings of literature as encompassing history and philosophy, as well as the evolution of poetry and poetics, storytelling, drama, and the novel.
A Concise History of Chinese Literature (2 vols.)
Title | A Concise History of Chinese Literature (2 vols.) PDF eBook |
Author | Yuming Luo |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 1024 |
Release | 2011-06-09 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9004203672 |
A history of Chinese literature from its early beginnings through the end of the Qing dynasty, this recent work from Professor Luo Yuming of China’s Fudan University seeks to provide, by adopting new theoretical perspectives and using updated research, a coherent, panoramic description of the development of Chinese literature and its major characteristics. As one of the very few English translations of such works by Chinese authors it seeks to inform the Western audience of the recent viewpoints and scholarship on the topic from a leading Chinese scholar. It may also provide some grounds of comparison and contrast with equivalent works in the West.
A Guide to Chinese Literature
Title | A Guide to Chinese Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Wilt Idema |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Pages | 393 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0892641231 |
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 the present day. After an introductory section discussing the concept of literature and other features of traditional Chinese society crucial to understanding its writings, the second part is broken into five major time periods (earliest times to 100 c.e.; 100-1000; 1000-1875; 1875-1915; and 1915 to the present) corresponding to changes in book production. The development of the major literary genres is traced in each of these periods. The reference section in the cloth edition includes an annotated bibliography of more than 120 pages; the paper edition has a shorter bibliography and is intended for classroom use.
A Brief History of Chinese Fiction
Title | A Brief History of Chinese Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Lu Hsun |
Publisher | Olympia Press |
Pages | 622 |
Release | 2012-02-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1608725944 |
A Brief History of Chinese Fiction grew out of the lecture notes Lu Hsun used when teaching a course on Chinese fiction at Peking University between 1920 and 1924. In December 1923 a first volume was printed and in June 1924 a second volume. In September 1925 these were reprinted as one book. In 1930 the author made certain changes, but all subsequent editions have remained the same.
A Concise History of China
Title | A Concise History of China PDF eBook |
Author | J. A. G. Roberts |
Publisher | |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780674000759 |
Presents an account of Chinese history, from prehistoric times through the post-Revolution era.