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From 1375

Series The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature, Volume 2

Edited by Kang-I Sun Chang

Publication Date 2010

Hardback ISBN-10
0521855594

Hardback ISBN-13
9780521855594

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1017/CHOL9780521855594

Overview

China has one of the longest continuous literary traditions in the world. From the beginnings of the Chinese written language to the lively world of internet literature, these two volumes tell the story of Chinese writing, both as an instrument of the state and as a medium for culture outside the state. The chapters, organized chronologically, treat not only poetry, drama, and fiction, but also historical writing and other prose forms. Written by internationally recognized experts in the field, the History frequently challenges current scholarship, from taking recent archeological discoveries into consideration to understanding Chinese modernity not as a sudden rupture with the past but as part of a longer process. The History offers both an integrated narrative, situating literature in its larger cultural context, and an overview of the key developments of the past millennia accessible to non-specialist readers as well as scholars and students of Chinese.

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Table of Contents

Frontmatter

Introduction to Volume II

Literature of the early Ming to mid-Ming (1375–1572)
by
Kang-I Sun Chang

The literary culture of the late Ming (1573–1644)
by
Tina Lu

Early Qing to 1723
by
Wai-Yee Li

The literati era and its demise (1723–1840)
by
Shang Wei

Prosimetric and verse narrative
by
Wilt L. Idema

Chinese literature from 1841 to 1937
by
David Der-Wei Wang

Chinese literature from 1937 to the present
by
Michelle Yeh

Epilogue: Sinophone writings and the Chinese diaspora
by
Jing Tsu

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