The Classic Chinese Novel A Critical Introduction / by C.T. Hsia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hsia, Chih-tsing, 1921-2013, author.

Contributor:

Project Muse, Content Provider.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese fiction--History and criticism.

Chinese fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 PDF (xiii, 377 pages))

Edition:

Revised edition.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016

Language Note:

English

Summary:

C.T. Hsia studies in depth the six landmarks of Chinese fiction: The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The Water Margin, Journey to the West, Chin P'ing Mei, The Scholars, and Dream of the Red Chamber. While he provides pertinent historical and bibliographical information for the proper appreciation of each novel, his focus is mainly critical as he examines in detail its structure and style, and analyzes its major characters and episodes in relation to its moral or philosophic themes. Many Western classics are cited for relevant comparison, and generous excerpts from each novel, most of them newly translated, permit the reader to sample the flavor of the original. Hailed as a classic upon its publication in 1968, The Classic Chinese Novel has remained the best single-volume critical introduction to the subject for the serious student as well as the cultivated reader.

Contents:

Foreword / by Wm. Theodore De Bary

Preface

I. Introduction

II. The romance of the Three Kingdoms

III. The water margin

IV. Journey to the West

V. Chin P'ing Mei

VI. The scholars

VII. Dream of the red chamber

Appendix. Society and self in the Chinese short story.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-361) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789629968694

962996869X

OCLC:

951346824