Guide to Chinese Literature (Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies) - Softcover

Idema, Wilt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0892641231 ISBN 13: 9780892641239

Publisher: University of Michigan Press, 1997

Synopsis

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.

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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.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0892641231
• ISBN 13: 9780892641239
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 394