The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature

Edited by Joseph S. M. Lau and Howard Goldblatt

Paper, 784 pages, None
ISBN: 978-0-231-13841-3
$35.50 / £21.00

second edition
January, 2007
Cloth, 784 pages, None
ISBN: 978-0-231-13840-6
$80.50 / £47.50

"Perhaps no one could be better suited to expanding the canonical limits than Lau and Goldblatt . . . this volume, with its Columbia label, its editors' stature, and its certifiable claim to be the first comprehensive anthology of its kind, cannot but achieve an instant authority." — Voice Literary Supplement

"All the important modern writers are included . . . the overall quality of this volume is very high, making it easy to recommend this book for anyone interested in modern China and its development." — New Asia Review

"This anthology is a great introduction to some of the very best in Chinese language fiction, poetry, and essays." — Terry Hong, The Bloomsbury Review

"This work is likely to remain the definitive survey for its field." — Choice

"This is the most comprehensive anthology. I tried it several times in my class, and the undergraduates loved the translations." — Leo Lee, professor of Chinese literature, emeritus, Harvard University

"A substantial contribution and a substantial teaching text." — Edward Gunn, Cornell University

Related Subjects

• Asian Literature
• East Asian Studies
• Reference

Series

• Modern Asian Literature Series

About the Author

Joseph S. M. Lau is professor of Chinese Literature at Lingnan University in Hong Kong. He is the editor of Chinese Stories from Taiwan and coeditor of Traditional Chinese Stories: Themes and Variationsand Modern Chinese Stories and Novellas: 1919-1949. Howard Goldblatt is professor of East Asian languages and literatures at the University of Notre Dame and an internationally renowned translator. He has published English translations of more than thirty novels and short story collections and has authored many books on Chinese literature.

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