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Literature of the People's Republic of China

Literature of the People's Republic of China - Chinese Literature in Translation

Hardback (23 Jan 1991)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Until now little of China's massive literary output of the last thirty years has been available to American readers. This landmark volume presents a generous sampling in translation of the literature written in the PRC from 1949 to the present. Included here are more than 200 selections: poems, stories, essays, a hsiang-sheng (comic dialogue), and excerpts from novels, plays, movie scripts, and an opera. Among the major writers represented are Ting Ling and Hao Jan (fiction); Ai Ch'ing and Feng Ching-yüan (poetry); T'ien Han and Yang Han-sheng (drama); and Teng T'o and Chou Yang (essays).

Literature of the People's Republic of China offers a fascinating glimpse into Chinese life and demonstrates the struggle of creative writers to be true both to their art and to their country's revolution.

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Indiana University Press

Book information

ISBN: 9780253160157
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 895.108005
Number of pages: 976
Weight: 1499g
Height: 230mm
Width: 150mm
Spine width: 57mm