The Columbia anthology of traditional Chinese literature / Victor H. Mair, editor.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Translations from the Asian classics.
Other Authors: Mair, Victor H., 1943-
Language:English
Language of the Original:
Chinese
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [1994], ©1994.
Series:Translations from the Asian classics.
Subjects:
Chinese literature > Translations into English.
Chinese literature.
Littérature chinoise > Anthologies > Traductions anglaises.
Genre:
Translations into English.
Anthologies
Traductions anglaises.
Physical Description:xxxvii, 1,335 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Foundations and interpretations. Divinations and inscriptions ; Philosophy, thought, and religion ; Criticism and theory
  • Pt. 2. Verse. Classical poetry ; Lyrics and arias ; Elegies and rhapsodies ; Folk and folklike songs, ballads, and narrative verse
  • Pt. 3. Prose. Documents ; History ; Moral lessons ; Parallel prose ; Letters ; Prefaces and postfaces ; Discourses, essays, and sketches ; Travelogues and scenic descriptions ; Miscellanea ; Biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs ; Fictional and fictionalized biographies and autobiographies
  • Pt. 4. Fiction. Rhetorical persuasions, parables, and allegories ; Anecdotal fiction ; Tales of the strange ; Classical-language short stories ; Vernacular short stories ; Novels
  • Pt. 5. Oral and performing arts. Prosimetric storytelling and its written derivatives ; Drama
  • Principal Chinese dynasties and periods
  • Romanization schemes for modern standard Mandarin.