Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature (Vol. I) - A Reference Guide, Part One

The long-awaited, first Western-language reference guide, this work offers a wealth of information on writers, genres, literary schools and terms of the Chinese literary tradition from earliest times to the seventh century C.E. Indispensable for scholars and students of pre-modern Chinese literature, history, and thought. Part One contains A to R.

About the author

David R. Knechtges, Ph.D. (1968) in Chinese literature, University of Washington, is Professor of Chinese Literature at the University of Washington. He has published books and articles on Han and Six Dynasties literature.
Taiping Chang, Ph.D. (1982) in classical Chinese, University of Washington, is the Executive Editor of the Culture & Civilization of China series, Yale University Press.

Product details

• Assisted by: Taiping Chang (Editor), David R. Knechtges (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.09.2010
• EAN: 9789004191273
• ISBN: 978-90-04-19127-3
• No. of pages: 804
• Dimensions: 173 mm x 246 mm x 46 mm
• Weight: 1406 g
• Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies.
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies