{"product_id":"c-t-hsia-on-chinese-literature-9780231129909","title":"C. T. Hsia on Chinese Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eBest known for the groundbreaking works \u003ci\u003eA History of Modern Chinese Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e (1961) and \u003ci\u003eThe Classic Chinese Novel\u003c\/i\u003e (1968), C. T. Hsia has gathered sixteen essays and studies written during his Columbia years as a professor of Chinese literature. Wider in range and scope, \u003ci\u003eC. T. Hsia on Chinese Literature\u003c\/i\u003e stands beside his two earlier books as part of his critical legacy to all readers seriously interested in the subject.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eC. T. Hsia's writings on Chinese literature express a candor rare among his Western colleagues. Thus the first section of the book contains three essays that place Chinese literature in critical perspective, examining its substance and significance and questioning some of the critical approaches and methods adopted by Western sinologists for its study and appreciation. The second section has two essays on traditional drama—one on the Yuan masterpiece \u003ci\u003eThe Romance of the Western Chamber\u003c\/i\u003e and the other a sophisticated study of the plays of the foremost Ming dramatist T'ang Hsien-tsu. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe third section is the richest and longest of the book, containing six essays on traditional and early modern fiction. At least four of these—on \"The Military Romance\" and the novels \u003ci\u003eFlowers in the Mirror, The Travels of Lao Ts'an,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJade Pear Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e—are among the author's finest works. Finally, the fourth section of the book, covering modern fiction, includes one essay on the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Korchin Banner Plains,\u003c\/i\u003e an essay on women in Chinese communist fiction, and three concise yet illuminating studies of the short story during the three republican decades before Mao, the first dozen years under Mao, and in Taiwan during the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"C. T. Hsia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42980486414454,"sku":"9780231129909","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_3d3e81c4-3402-45f3-99e4-126e3356c2e8.jpg?v=1768898243","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/c-t-hsia-on-chinese-literature-9780231129909","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}