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This collection of 20th century Chinese literature offers short fiction, poetry, and essays from 1918 to the communist takeover in 1949, and from that period to the present. Selections from mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong represent the defiant spirit of the pre- Mao years, the socialist tradition, and the creative expression that followed Mao's death. Includes biographical sketches of the writers, and an introduction outlining political and literary trends in China. No index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.


Review
"Perhaps no one could be better suited to expanding the canonical limits than Lau and Goldblatt....This volume, with its Columbia label, its editors' stature, and its certifiable claim to be the first comprehensive anthology of kind, cannot but achieve an instant authority." -- Voice Literary Supplement


Voice Literary Supplement
Perhaps no one could be better suited to expanding the canonical limits than Lau and Goldblatt. . . .This volume, with its Columbia label, its editors' stature, and its certifiable claim to be the first comprehensive anthology of kind, cannot but achieve an instant authority.


Book Description
With a generous selection of new translations commissioned for this book, readers will find the best short fiction, poetry, and essays from mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong in this first comprehensive collection of twentieth-century Chinese literature, which includes a lucid introduction by the editors and short biographies of the writers and poets.


Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Chinese


About the Author
Joseph S. M. Lau is Professor of Chinese at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.Howard Goldblatt is Professor of Chinese Literature at the University of Colorado.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Howard Goldblatt is Professor of Chinese Literature at the University of Colorado. With a generous selection of new translations commissioned for this book, readers will find the best short fiction, poetry, and essays from mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong in this first comprehensive collection of twentieth-century Chinese literature, which includes a lucid introduction by the editors and short biographies of the writers and poets.

Perhaps no one could be better suited to expanding the canonical limits than Lau and Goldblatt. . . .This volume, with its Columbia label, its editors' stature, and its certifiable claim to be the first comprehensive anthology of kind, cannot but achieve an instant authority. (Voice Literary Supplement)

SYNOPSIS

With a generous selection of new translations commissioned for this book, readers will find the best short fiction, poetry, and essays from mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong in this first comprehensive collection of twentieth-century Chinese literature, which includes a lucid introduction by the editors and short biographies of the writers and

FROM THE CRITICS

Voice Literary Supplement

Perhaps no one could be better suited to expanding the canonical limits than Lau and Goldblatt. . . .This volume, with its Columbia label, its editors' stature, and its certifiable claim to be the first comprehensive anthology of kind, cannot but achieve an instant authority.

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