Preface
Introduction
Notes on Language and Pronunciation
A Brief Outline of Literary History
1. THE IMAGINATIVE UNIVERSE OF CHINESE LITERATURE
Pauline Yu and Theodore Huters
2. LANGUAGE AND INTERPRETIVE CONTEXTS
Roger T. Ames
3. THE CONTINUITY OF BEING: CHINESE VISIONS OF NATURE
Tu Wei-ming
4. THE CENTRAL TRADITION IN TRADITIONAL SOCIETY
Wilt Idema and Lloyd Haft
5. WOMEN, MORAL VIRTUE, AND LITERARY TEXT
Wendy Larson
6. OMEN OF THE WORLD: MEANING IN THE CHINESE LYRIC
Stephen Owen
7. THE DISTINCTIVE ART OF CHINESE FICTION
Paul S. Ropp
8. BEIJING OPERA PLAYS AND PERFORMANCE
Elizabeth Wichmann-Walczak
9. REFLECTIONS ON CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN MODERN CHINESE FICTION
Leo Ou-fan Lee
10. THEATER AND SOCIETY: AN INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY CHINESE DRAMA
Yan Haiping
11. BORDER CROSSINGS: CHINESE WRITING, IN THEIR WORLD AND OURS
Howard Goldblatt
Annotated Bibliography
Contributors
Index