EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES & CULTURES: Chinese

Comprehensive overview of 3000 years of Chinese literary history. (1997)

Concise A-Z entries cover key terms, figures, schools, movements, and literary works from antiquity to the present day. (2017)

Focus is on literature written in Chinese in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Chinese diaspora from the May Fourth Movement (1919) to the present. (2010)

Volume 1: The Novel
Volume 2: The Short Story
Volume 3: The Poem
Volume 4: The Drama

Multiple volumes

Alphabetically organized entries on directors, genres, themes, and actors from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan as well as 300 film synopses. A substantial historical section incorporates material on the main studios and analyzes the impact of Chinese film abroad and at home.

General overview of China, with many illustrations and maps.

The volume acknowledges the interconnected nature of the different cultural forms, from 'high culture' such as literature, religion and philosophy to more popular issues such as sport, cinema, performance and the internet. Each chapter is written by a world expert in the field.

Covers a wide range of topics including: development, politics, society, law, population, ethnicity, foreign relations, environment, urbanization, higher education, religion, literature, cinema, leisure and consumption, and internet and society.

Alphabetically organized entries on directors, genres, themes, and actors from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan as well as 300 film synopses. A substantial historical section incorporates material on the main studios and analyzes the impact of Chinese film abroad and at home.