The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature
Author | : William H. Nienhauser |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 1108 |
Release | : 1986 |
ISBN-10 | : 0253329833 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780253329837 |
Rating | : 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "A vertitable feast of concise, useful, reliable, and up-to-dateinformation (all prepared by top scholars in the field), Nienhauser's now two-volumetitle stands alone as THE standard reference work for the study of traditionalChinese literature. Nothing like it has ever been published." --Choice The second volume to The Indiana Companion to TraditionalChinese Literature is both a supplement and an update to the original volume. VolumeII includes over 60 new entries on famous writers, works, and genres of traditionalChinese literature, followed by an extensive bibliographic update (1985-1997) ofeditions, translations, and studies (primarily in English, Chinese, Japanese, French, and German) for the 500+ entries of Volume I.