R.F. Dernberger, R.
Murphey, S.M. Goldstein, M.K. Whyte (Editors)
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This edition of The
Chinese includes post-1989 readings and revised essays by the editors. This textbook
provides a unique introduction to China through more than
70 readings from scholarly and popular sources. Each of
the volume’s six sections--history and geography,
politics, society, economy, culture, and the
future--begins with a major essay by one of the editors,
providing context for the readings that follow.
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Students are introduced to
the complexity of contemporary China through source
materials ranging from Mencius to Fang Lizhi and through
writings that represent the best of modern Western and
Chinese scholarship.
ISBN 0-89264-100-2 / 824 pp / Paper / $35.00.
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A Study Guide
for The Chinese
Thomas Buoye
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The study guide succinctly,
efficiently and in detail
summarizes the readings and essays in The Chinese,
providing learning objectives, key terms and concepts, and
review and essay questions.
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The two books are also part of
a telecourse package, distributed by Great Plains
National, that includes the Emmy Award-winning television
series The Heart Of the Dragon.
ISBN 0-89264-104-5 / 120 pp / Paper / $10.00.
Chinese Theater
in the Days of Kublai Khan
J.I. Crump
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A complete
introduction to the riches of Yuan drama by one of the foremost
authorities on Chinese theater in the West. Crump discusses social
and historical context, stages, stagecraft, and literary art and
presents complete translations of three plays—a bandit adventure, a
melodrama, and a murder mystery.
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"Crump is unmatched for
liveliness as a translator. The rich texture of the Yuan styles comes across in
genuinely exciting English, and he has the great virtue of being complete,
accurate, and scrupulously honest when he is reconstructing a doubtful batch of
text. No one is likely to get nearer the genuine feel of these plays in
English."--Cyril Birch.
ISBN 0-89264-093-6 / 440 pp / Paper / $25.00.
A
Guide to Chinese Literature
Wilt L.
Idema, Lloyd L. Haft
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A
comprehensive overview of China’s 3,000 years of literary
history, from its beginnings to the present day. After an
introductory discussion of the concept of literature and
features of traditional Chinese society crucial to
understanding its literary heritage, the second section
explores five major time periods--earliest times to 100
c.e., 100–1000; 1000–1875; 1875–1915; and 1915 to the
present--that are pegged to changes in book production.
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The
development of the major literary genres is traced in each of these
periods. The reference section in the cloth edition includes an
annotated bibliography of more than 120 pages; the paper edition has
a shorter bibliography and is intended for classroom use.
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An
important supplement for survey courses on Chinese literature in
translation.
Selected for CHOICE’s list of Outstanding
Academic Books for 1997!
ISBN 0-89264-099-5 / 458 pp / Cloth / $50.00. ISBN
0-89264-123-1 / 358 pp / Paper / $25.00.
Legends of the Warring States
J.I. Crump
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This
volume of selections and commentary by the premier Western
translator and interpreter of the Chan-kuo Ts’e contains
all of the author’s favorite pieces. It also features more
complete Warring States narratives, the
"romances"—persuasions of four of the best-known figures,
Fan Chü, Chang Yi, Su Ch’in, and Ch’un-shen Chün,
augmented by biographical material from the Shi-chi. This
reader highlights both the nature of Chan-kuo Ts’e, an
important pre-Han collection, and its considerable
pleasures.
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The selections, arranged in
sections on the romances, women, assassins, and parables, fables, and anecdotes,
are introduced by a lively discussion of the origins of Chan-kuo Ts’e, the
rhetorical devices used in its famous persuasions, the work’s relation to what
we know of the era’s history, and its important characters. Includes
illustrations and a section of supplemental notes.
ISBN 0-89264-129-0 / 200 pp / Paper /
$20.00.
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