Kang-i Sun Chang is Professor of Chinese Literature at Yale University. Stephen Owen is James Bryant Conant Professor of Chinese at Harvard University.

'The easy narrative style and convenient subdivisions … should make these [books] an alluring reference work for undergraduate courses … This work has been long awaited … [the] substantial and handsome volumes are a formidable work of synoptic scholarship, and the editors deserve credit for stitching it all together so seamlessly. All contributors bring erudition and experience to their subjects.' The Times Literary Supplement

• Volume 1: Introduction; 1. Early Chinese literature: beginnings through Western Han Martin Kern; 2. From the Eastern Han through the Western Jin (AD 25–317) David Knechtges; 3. From the Eastern Jin through the Early Tang (317–649) Xiaofei Tian; 4. The Cultural Tang (650–1020) Stephen Owen; 5. The Northern Song (1020–1126) Ronald Egan; 6. North and South: the twelfth and thirteenth centuries Michael Fuller and Shuen-fu Lin; 7. Literature from the Late Jin to the Early Ming: ca.1230–ca.1375 Stephen H. West; Bibliography; Glossary; Index; Volume 2: Introduction; 1. Literature of the Early Ming to Mid-Ming (1375–1572) Kang-i Sun Chang; 2. The literary culture of the Late Ming (1573–1644) Tina Lu; 3. Early Qing to 1723 Wai-yee Li; 4. The Literati Era and its demise (1723–1840) Shang Wei; 5. Prosimetric and verse narrative Wilt L. Idema; 6. Chinese literature from 1841 to 1937 David Der-wei Wang, Jing Tsu and Michel Hockx; 7. Chinese literature from 1937 to the present Michelle Yeh, Jing Tsu and Michel Hockx; Bibliography; Glossary; Index.

Kang-i Sun Chang is Professor of Chinese Literature at Yale University. Stephen Owen is James Bryant Conant Professor of Chinese at Harvard University.

'The easy narrative style and convenient subdivisions … should make these [books] an alluring reference work for undergraduate courses … This work has been long awaited … [the] substantial and handsome volumes are a formidable work of synoptic scholarship, and the editors deserve credit for stitching it all together so seamlessly. All contributors bring erudition and experience to their subjects.' The Times Literary Supplement

• Volume 1: Introduction; 1. Early Chinese literature: beginnings through Western Han Martin Kern; 2. From the Eastern Han through the Western Jin (AD 25–317) David Knechtges; 3. From the Eastern Jin through the Early Tang (317–649) Xiaofei Tian; 4. The Cultural Tang (650–1020) Stephen Owen; 5. The Northern Song (1020–1126) Ronald Egan; 6. North and South: the twelfth and thirteenth centuries Michael Fuller and Shuen-fu Lin; 7. Literature from the Late Jin to the Early Ming: ca.1230–ca.1375 Stephen H. West; Bibliography; Glossary; Index; Volume 2: Introduction; 1. Literature of the Early Ming to Mid-Ming (1375–1572) Kang-i Sun Chang; 2. The literary culture of the Late Ming (1573–1644) Tina Lu; 3. Early Qing to 1723 Wai-yee Li; 4. The Literati Era and its demise (1723–1840) Shang Wei; 5. Prosimetric and verse narrative Wilt L. Idema; 6. Chinese literature from 1841 to 1937 David Der-wei Wang, Jing Tsu and Michel Hockx; 7. Chinese literature from 1937 to the present Michelle Yeh, Jing Tsu and Michel Hockx; Bibliography; Glossary; Index.

Kang-i Sun Chang is Professor of Chinese Literature at Yale University. Stephen Owen is James Bryant Conant Professor of Chinese at Harvard University.

'The easy narrative style and convenient subdivisions … should make these [books] an alluring reference work for undergraduate courses … This work has been long awaited … [the] substantial and handsome volumes are a formidable work of synoptic scholarship, and the editors deserve credit for stitching it all together so seamlessly. All contributors bring erudition and experience to their subjects.' The Times Literary Supplement

• Volume 1: Introduction; 1. Early Chinese literature: beginnings through Western Han Martin Kern; 2. From the Eastern Han through the Western Jin (AD 25–317) David Knechtges; 3. From the Eastern Jin through the Early Tang (317–649) Xiaofei Tian; 4. The Cultural Tang (650–1020) Stephen Owen; 5. The Northern Song (1020–1126) Ronald Egan; 6. North and South: the twelfth and thirteenth centuries Michael Fuller and Shuen-fu Lin; 7. Literature from the Late Jin to the Early Ming: ca.1230–ca.1375 Stephen H. West; Bibliography; Glossary; Index; Volume 2: Introduction; 1. Literature of the Early Ming to Mid-Ming (1375–1572) Kang-i Sun Chang; 2. The literary culture of the Late Ming (1573–1644) Tina Lu; 3. Early Qing to 1723 Wai-yee Li; 4. The Literati Era and its demise (1723–1840) Shang Wei; 5. Prosimetric and verse narrative Wilt L. Idema; 6. Chinese literature from 1841 to 1937 David Der-wei Wang, Jing Tsu and Michel Hockx; 7. Chinese literature from 1937 to the present Michelle Yeh, Jing Tsu and Michel Hockx; Bibliography; Glossary; Index.