Chinese Literature, Ancient and Classical
Contributors: William H., Jr. Nienhauser (Translator)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: July 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780253336569
Subjects: Literary studies: general; Literary Collections; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Chinese; Literary Criticism; Literature: Classics; Asian - General; Asian; Asian - Chinese; Chinese Literature; History and criticism
First sentence: Ancient literature, recorded by the scribes of a rapidly evolving warlike and aristocratic society, has been carefully preserved since earliest times and has become the basis of Chinese lettered culture.