Columbia History of Chinese Literature

Name: Columbia History of Chinese Literature
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ISBN: 9780231505635

ISBN-10: 0231505639

ISBN-13: 9780231505635

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Authors: Victor H. Mair

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Comprehensive yet portable, this account of the development of Chinese literature from the very beginning up to the present brings the riches of this august literary tradition into focus for the general reader. Organized chronologically with thematic chapters interspersed, the fifty-five original chapters by leading specialists cover all genres and periods of poetry, prose, fiction, and drama, with a special focus on such subjects as popular culture, the impact of religion upon literature, the role of women, and relationships with non-Sinitic languages and peoples.

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Publisher: Columbia University Press
Binding: E-Book
Language: English

Prolegomenon	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Abbreviations	p. xxi
Map of China	p. xxii
Introduction: The Origins and Impact of Literati Culture	p. 1
Foundations
Language and Script	p. 19
Myth	p. 58
Philosophy and Literature in Early China	p. 70
The Thirteen Classics	p. 86
Shih-ching Poetry and Didacticism in Ancient Chinese Literature	p. 97
The Supernatural	p. 110
Wit and Humor	p. 132
Proverbs	p. 149
Buddhist Literature	p. 160
Taoist Heritage	p. 173
Women in Literature	p. 194
Poetry
Sao, Fu, Parallel Prose, and Related Genres	p. 223
Poetry from 200 B.C.E. to 600 C.E.	p. 248
Poetry of the T'ang Dynasty	p. 274
Tz'u	p. 314
Sung Dynasty Shih Poetry	p. 337
Yuan San-ch'u	p. 370
Mongol-Yuan Classical Verse (Shih)	p. 383
Poetry of the Fourteenth Century	p. 390
Poetry of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries	p. 399
Poetry of the Seventeenth Century	p. 410
Poetry of the Eighteenth to Early Twentieth Centuries	p. 429
Ch'ing Lyric	p. 444
Modern Poetry	p. 453
Poetry and Painting	p. 466
Prose
The Literary Features of Historical Writing	p. 493
Early Biography	p. 511
Expository Prose	p. 527
Records of Anomalies	p. 542
Travel Literature	p. 555
Sketches	p. 560
Twentieth-Century Prose	p. 566
Fiction
T'ang Tales	p. 579
Vernacular Stories	p. 595
Full-Length Vernacular Fiction	p. 620
Traditional Vernacular Novels: Some Lesser-Known Works	p. 659
The Later Classical Tale	p. 675
Fiction from the End of the Empire to the Beginning of the Republic (1897-1916)	p. 697
Twentieth-Century Fiction	p. 732
China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan During the 1980s and 1990s	p. 758
Drama
Traditional Dramatic Literature	p. 785
Twentieth-Century Spoken Drama	p. 848
Commentary, Criticism, and Interpretation
The Rhetoric of Premodern Prose Style	p. 881
Classical Exegesis	p. 909
Literary Theory and Criticism	p. 916
Traditional Fiction Commentary	p. 940
Popular and Peripheral Manifestations
Balladry and Popular Song	p. 953
Tun-huang Literature	p. 964
The Oral-Formulaic Tradition	p. 989
Regional Literatures	p. 1015
Ethnic Minority Literature	p. 1032
The Translator's Turn: The Birth of Modern Chinese Language and Fiction	p. 1055
The Reception of Chinese Literature in Korea	p. 1067
The Reception of Chinese Literature in Japan	p. 1079
The Reception of Chinese Literature in Vietnam	p. 1096
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 1105
Principal Chinese Dynasties and Periods	p. 1153
Romanization Schemes for Modern Standard Mandarin	p. 1155
Glossary of Terms	p. 1161
Glossary of Names	p. 1179
Glossary of Titles	p. 1213
Index	p. 1241
Contributors	p. 1335
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