Different from previous researches weighted toward historical description and individual writer and work, this book establishes a general analytical system and

Selected for Choice's list of Outstanding Academic Books for 1997. A comprehensive overview of China's 3,000 years of literary history, from its beginnings to t

Different from previous researches weighted toward historical description and individual writer and work, this book establishes a general analytical system and

"... an important contribution to the study of recent Chinese literature." -- Choice "This fine, scholarly survey of Chinese literature since 1949... discusses

Stephen Owen is James Bryant Conant Professor of Chinese at Harvard University. --Book Jacket.