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Product Identifiers

PublisherColumbia University Press

ISBN-100231119984

ISBN-139780231119986

eBay Product ID (ePID)1696890

Product Key Features

Book TitleShorter Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature

Number of Pages704 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAsian / Chinese, Research, Asia / China

Publication Year2001

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Reference, Literary Collections, History

AuthorVictor Mair

Book SeriesTranslations from the Asian Classics Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.2 in

Item Weight45.6 Oz

Item Length0.9 in

Item Width0.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN00-035878

Reviews"A lifetime spent reading Chinese literature has produced this enormous, enthralling, canon-exploding book.... Often, the funniest and liveliest entries are translated by the editor himself, who has an uncanny ability to caputre puns and rhymes even in English translation.... Wonderful." -- Revue Bibliographique de Sinologie, "The list of translators reads like a Who's Who of Western Sinology. This is a book one can open at any page and immediately be drawn in by its great and appealing content. It is at once a reference book, with examples drawn from the huge corpus of Chinese literature, and a book which guarantees superb reading pleasure." -- New Asia Review, "The list of translators reads like a Who's Who of Western sinology. This is a book one can open at any page and immediately be drawn in by its great and appealing content. It is at once a reference book, with examples drawn from the huge corpus of Chinese literature, and a book which guarantees superb reading pleasure." -- New Asia Review, A lifetime spent reading Chinese literature has produced this enormous, enthralling, canon-exploding book.... Often, the funniest and liveliest entries are translated by the editor himself, who has an uncanny ability to caputre puns and rhymes even in English translation.... Wonderful., The list of translators reads like a Who's Who of Western sinology. This is a book one can open at any page and immediately be drawn in by its great and appealing content. It is at once a reference book, with examples drawn from the huge corpus of Chinese literature, and a book which guarantees superb reading pleasure.

Dewey Edition21

TitleLeadingThe

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal895.1/08

SynopsisThis shorter anthology retains the characteristics of the original in that it is arranged according to genre rather than chronology and interprets "literature" very broadly to include not just literary fiction, poetry, and drama, but folk and popular literature, lyrics and arias, elegies and rhapsodies, biographies, autobiographies and memoirs, letters, criticism and theory, and travelogues and jokes. It also contains fresh translations by newer voices in the field., With its fresh translations by newer voices in the field, its broad scope, and its flowing style, this anthology places the immense riches of Chinese literature within easy reach. Ranging from the beginnings to 1919, this abridged version of The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature retains all the characteristics of the original. In putting together these selections Victor H. Mair interprets "literature" very broadly to include not just literary fiction, poetry, and drama, but folk and popular literature, lyrics and arias, elegies and rhapsodies, biographies, autobiographies and memoirs, letters, criticism and theory, and travelogues and jokes.

LC Classification NumberPL2658.E1S53 2000