Spring and Autumn Annals of Wu and Yue - A Literary Translation of the First Chinese Novel, Wu Yue Chunqiu

An approachable and readable translation of a classic work of Chinese literature and landmark work of non-Western fiction writing.

About the author

Olivia Milburn is Professor in the School of Chinese at Hong Kong University. She is the author of The Empress in the Pepper Chamber: Zhao Feiyan in History and Fiction and Urbanization in Early and Medieval China: Gazetteers for the City of Suzhou. Her previous translations include Kingdoms in Peril, by Feng Menglong; The Spring and Autumn Annals of Master Yan; and The Glory of Yue: An Annotated Translation of the Yuejue shu.Olivia Milburn is Professor in the School of Chinese at Hong Kong University. She is the author of The Empress in the Pepper Chamber: Zhao Feiyan in History and Fiction and Urbanization in Early and Medieval China: Gazetteers for the City of Suzhou. Her previous translations include Kingdoms in Peril, by Feng Menglong; The Spring and Autumn Annals of Master Yan; and The Glory of Yue: An Annotated Translation of the Yuejue shu.Olivia Milburn is Professor in the School of Chinese at Hong Kong University. She is the author of The Empress in the Pepper Chamber: Zhao Feiyan in History and Fiction and Urbanization in Early and Medieval China: Gazetteers for the City of Suzhou. Her previous translations include Kingdoms in Peril, by Feng Menglong; The Spring and Autumn Annals of Master Yan; and The Glory of Yue: An Annotated Translation of the Yuejue shu.

Product details

• Assisted by: Olivia Anna Rovsing Milburn (Introduction), Olivia Anna Rovsing Milburn (Translation)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.03.2025
• EAN: 9781438499345
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-9934-5
• No. of pages: 310
• Series: SUNY series, Translating China
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; China, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), HISTORY / Asia / China, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, Literature: history & criticism, Asian History, Literature: history and criticism, Classic fiction: general and literary