Anthology of Chinese Literature: Volume I: From Early Times to the Fourteenth Century - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802150381 ISBN 13: 9780802150387

Publisher: Grove Press, 1994

Synopsis

Internationally renowned Chinese literature scholar Cyril Birch was the first to assemble the finest translations of these seminal pieces in his now classic and still definitive introductory anthologies. The selections in this first volume span a two-thousand-year period: from the Chou Dynasty (1122 221 B.C.) to the Y’an Dynasty (A.D. 1280 1367), from the ancient Songs to the dramas of the fourteenth century, every major genre of Chinese literature is represented by a crucial work. Highlights include, in addition to the great poems of the T’ang, outstanding examples of Han poetry, Six Dynasties satire, T’ang-sung prose essays and fiction, and the form of lyric known as tz’u.”

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From the Back Cover:

Internationally renowned Chinese literature scholar Cyril Birch was the first to assemble the finest translations of these seminal pieces in his now classic and still definitive anthologies. The selections in this first volume span a two-thousand-year period: from the Chou Dynasty (1122-221 B.C.) to the Yuan Dynasty (A.D. 1280-1367), from the ancient Songs to the dramas of the fourteenth century, every major genre of Chinese literature is represented by a crucial work.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Chinese (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Grove Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0802150381
• ISBN 13: 9780802150387
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528
• Editor: Birch Cyril