Known in the West primarily through poorly subtitled films, Chinese martial arts fiction is one of the most iconic and yet the most understudied form of modern sinophone creativity. Current scholarship on the subject is characterized by three central assumptions that I will argue against in this book: first, that martial arts fiction is the representation of a bodily spectacle ...(展开全部)

Colonial and Postcolonial Literature is the leading critical overview of and historical introduction to colonial and postcolonial literary studies. Highly praised from the time of its first publication for its lucidity, breadth, and insight, the book has itself played a crucial part in founding and shaping this rapidly expanding field. The author, an internationally renowned p...(展开全部)

《剑桥中国文学史》(The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature) 由耶鲁大学教授孙康宜和哈佛大学教授宇文所安共同主编，汇集十几位专家学者分章撰写，历时五年，目前书稿已完成，今年年底之前将由英国剑桥大学出版社出版（包括书面版和各种电子版），将来也会翻译成中文在中国出版。孙康宜教授接受时代周报记者独家专访，介绍了这部文学史的编撰过程。 孙康宜教授说：“当剑桥大学出版社请我来主编这部书时，在共同主编的人选方面，我很自然就会想到宇文所安，因为他在美国的汉学界是顶尖人物，而且他是我的好朋友。你也知道，不是朋友很难合作。” 在合作的过程中，每个专家都分写一段历史，具体如何分工必须科学。在第一册里，宇文所安写的是唐代文学文化史，那是他的专长，但那章所涵盖的时期则是650-1020年，与一般以朝代的分期法不同。此外，普林斯...(展开全部)

Providing a broad introduction to the area, A World History of Chinese Literature maps the field of Chinese literature across its various worlds, looking both within – at the world of Chinese literature, its history, linguistic, cultural, local, and regional specificities – and without – at the way Chinese literature has circulated throughout the world. The thematic focus allow...(展开全部)

洪子诚，1939年4月生，广东揭阳人。1956年就读于北京大学中文系文学专业。1961年毕业后，留校任教至今。现为中文系教授，博士生导师。主要著述有《当代中国文学概观》、《当代中国文学的艺术问题》、《作家的姿态与自我意识》、《中国当代文学史》、《1956：百花时代》、《问题与方法》等。与人合著有《中国当代新诗史》、《中国当代文学史料选》、《两意集》等。

China has one of the longest continuous literary traditions in the world. From the beginnings of the Chinese written language to the lively world of internet literature, these two volumes tell the story of Chinese writing, both as an instrument of the state and as a medium for culture outside the state. The chapters, organized chronologically, treat not only poetry, drama, and ...(展开全部)

China has one of the longest continuous literary traditions in the world. From the beginnings of the Chinese written language to the lively world of internet literature, these two volumes tell the story of Chinese writing, both as an instrument of the state and as a medium for culture outside the state. The chapters, organized chronologically, treat not only poetry, drama, and ...(展开全部)

Demon warrior puppets, sword-wielding Taoist priests, spirit mediums lacerating their bodies with spikes and blades—these are among the most dramatic images in Chinese religion. Usually linked to the propitiation of plague gods and the worship of popular military deities, such ritual practices have an obvious but previously unexamined kinship with the traditional Chinese martia...(展开全部)

This collection examines psychiatric medicine in China across the early modern and modern periods. Essays focus on the diagnosis, treatment and cultural implications of madness and mental illness and explore the complex trajectory of the medicalization of the mind in shifting political contexts of Chinese history.

Chinese martial arts novels from the late nineteenth century are filled with a host of suggestive sounds. Characters cuss and curse in colorful dialect accents, vendor calls ring out from bustling marketplaces, and martial arts action scenes come to life with the loud clash of swords and the sounds of bodies colliding. What is the purpose of these sounds, and what is their hist...(展开全部)