The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature

Joseph S. M. Lau, Howard Goldblatt

Columbia University Press, 1995 - Literary Criticism - 726 pages

With a generous selection of new translations commissioned for this book, readers will find the best short fiction, poetry, and essays from mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong in this first comprehensive collection of twentieth-century Chinese literature, which includes a lucid introduction by the editors and short biographies of the writers and poets.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature; Modern Asian literature series
• Editors: Joseph S. M. Lau, Howard Goldblatt
• Edition: illustrated, revised
• Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1995
• ISBN: 0231080034, 9780231080033
• Length: 726 pages
• Subjects: Literary Criticism / General