Realism and the rhetoric of dreams intersected in modern Chinese literature from the May Fourth Era in the early twentieth century through the period just following the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976. The Edge of Knowing investigates this relationship, showing how writers’ attention to dreams demonstrates the multiple influences of Western psychology, utopian desire for...(展开全部)

The Edge of Knowing explores the relationship between the rhetoric of dreams and realist literary practice in modern Chinese literature from the May Fourth Era in the early twentieth century through the period just following the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976. The writers' attention to dreams demonstrates the multiple influences of Western psychology, utopian desire for...(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)

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)

作者普实克（1906－1980），欧洲最负盛名的中国文学与文化学者，前捷克斯洛伐克科学院院士，东方研究所所长。他所领导的东方研究所曾是二十世纪五六十年代欧洲最有成就的中国文学研究中心。六十年代初，他和美国夏志清教授关于后者所著《中国现代小说史》的讨论，曾在欧美引起很大反 响。 编者李欧梵，台湾大学外文系毕业，美国哈佛大学博士，香港科技大学人文荣誉博士。现为哈佛大学东亚系荣休教授，香港中文大学讲座教授，“中央研究院”院士，曾任教于普林斯顿大学、印第安纳大学、芝加哥大学、香港科技大学、哈佛大学等著名学府。主要著述包括：《铁屋中的呐喊》、《中国现代作家的浪漫一代》、《西潮的彼岸》、《中西文学的徊想》、《狐狸洞话语》、《现代性的追求》、《上海摩登》、《我的哈佛岁月》等二十多种，并出版有小说《范柳原忏情录》和《东方猎手》。 译者郭建玲，浙江金华人。二〇〇七年毕...(展开全部)

Malaysian Chinese (Mahua) literature is marginalized on several fronts. In the international literary space, which privileges the West, Malaysia is considered remote. The institutions of modern Chinese literature favor mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Within Malaysia, only texts in Malay, the national language, are considered national literature by the state. However, Mah...(展开全部)

During the first thirty years under communism, China completely banned crime fiction. After Mao, however, crime genres of all kinds-old and new, Chinese and Western-sprang up in profusion. Crime narrative again became one of the most prolific and best-loved forms of Chinese popular culture, and it often embodied the Chinese people's most trenchant and open critiques of their ne...(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)

Gender and sexuality have been neglected topics in the history of Chinese civilization, despite the fact that there is a massive amount of historical evidence on the subject. China's late imperial government was arguably more concerned about gender and sexuality among its subjects than any other pre-modern state. How did these and other late imperial legacies shape twentieth-ce...(展开全部)

Table of Contents Illustrations Note on Romanization Preface: An Invitation to Explore the City 1 Introduction: The City in Modern Chinese Cultural History 2 Urban Configurations: Small Town, Ancient Capital, Modern Metropolis 3 Mapping the Ancient Capital of Beijing 4 The Symbolic Triumph of Chinese Tradition in Beijing 5 Reading the Illegible Metropolis of Shanghai 6 Th...(展开全部)