Concise Reader of Chinese Literature History

<p>This book includes the history of Chinese literature before 1949. It firstly outlines the development process of Chinese literature and basic features and then discusses them according to the literary genre for the literature of each era. This book gathers established scholars in the field and presents their latest research in the Chinese literature history studies. Moreover it has included the literature history of different nationalities in the history of China and the records of folk literature history reflecting literature from different classes. In the limited space of this book the writers who have been loved by the Chinese people for three thousand years are discussed such as Qu Yuan Tao Yuanming Li Bai Du Fu Su Shi Xin Qiji Yuan Haowen Nalan Xingde and so on. Careful elaborations are made on each writer together with quotations and analysis of their work. </p>