A History of Chinese Literature by Herbert Allen Giles

"A History of Chinese Literature" by Herbert Allen Giles is a literary history published in 1901. This groundbreaking work was the first comprehensive survey of Chinese literature to appear in English. Giles devoted much of the book to translations, allowing Chinese authors to "speak for themselves" to Western readers. While later scholars criticized its scope and occasional misinterpretations, the work became influential, notably serving as source material for Ezra Pound's translations and opening Chinese literary traditions to English-speaking audiences. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Giles, Herbert Allen, 1845-1935
LoC No. 29016524
Title A History of Chinese Literature
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_Chinese_Literature
Credits Henry Flower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Reading Level Reading ease score: 65.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Subject Chinese literature -- History and criticism
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EBook-No. 43711
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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