With its fresh translations by newer voices in the field, its broad scope, and its flowing style, this anthology places the immense riches of Chinese literature within easy reach. Ranging from the beginnings to 1919, this abridged version of The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature retains all the characteristics of the original. In putting together these selections Victor H. Mair interprets literature very broadly to include not just literary fiction, poetry, and drama, but folk and popular literature, lyrics and arias, elegies and rhapsodies, biographies, autobiographies and memoirs, letters, criticism and theory, and travelogues and jokes. Read more ISBN10 0231119992 ISBN13 978-0231119993 Edition Abridged Language English Publisher Columbia University Press Dimensions 6.1 x 1.63 x 9.4 inches Item Weight 2.35 pounds Print length 704 pages Publication date December 15, 2000