The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature
Including works of varied genres from fiction and poetry to folk stories and elegies, travelogues and jokes to criticism and theory, this wide-ranging collection brings together more than two thousand years of great works in one portable volume.
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The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature
Including works of varied genres from fiction and poetry to folk stories and elegies, travelogues and jokes to criticism and theory, this wide-ranging collection brings together more than two thousand years of great works in one portable volume.
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The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature

The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature

The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature

The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature

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Overview

Including works of varied genres from fiction and poetry to folk stories and elegies, travelogues and jokes to criticism and theory, this wide-ranging collection brings together more than two thousand years of great works in one portable volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780231074292
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 05/23/1996
Series: Translations from the Asian Classics
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 1376
Product dimensions: 9.20(w) x 6.00(h) x (d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Victor H. Mair is professor of Chinese languages and literature in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Among his many publications are Tun-huang Popular Narratives; Painting and Performance: Chinese Picture Recitation and Its Indian Genesis; T'ang Transformation Texts: A Study of the Buddhist Contribution to the Rise of Vernacular Fiction and Drama in China; Tao Te Ching: The Chinese Book of Integrity and the Way; and (with J. P. Mallory) The Tarim Mummies.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Origins and Impact of Literati Culture
Map of China
Abbreviations
Prolegomenon
Preface
Acknowledgements
Romanization Conversion Chart from Wade-Giles to Pinyin
Foundations
Poetry
Prose
Fiction
Drama
Commentary, Criticism, and Interpretation
Popular and Peripheral Manifestations
Chart of the Chinese Dynasties
Romanization Conversion Chart from Wade-Giles to Pinyin
Glossary
Contributors
Index
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