The Oxford handbook of classical Chinese literature (1000 bce-900 ce) /  [electronic resource] 
Edited by Wiebke Denecke, Wai-Yee Li, and Xiaofei Tian. 
 - New York :  Oxford University Press,  2017. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Oxford handbooks online. .
<br/><br/>Key Concepts of "Literature" / Stephen Owen --  Literary Learning: Encyclopedias and Epitomes / Xiaofei Tian --  Libraries, Book Catalogues, Lost Writings / Glen Dudbridge --  Classics / David Schaberg --  Histories / Stepphen Durrant --  Masters / Wiebke Denecke --  Collections / Xiaofei Tian --  Chinese Poetry / Paul Rouzer --  Elite and Popular Literature / Wilt Idema --  Narrative Genres / Sarah Allen --  Pre-Tang Anthologies and Anthologization / David R. Knechtges --  Periodization and Major Inflection Points / Stephen Owen --  Anthologies in the Tang / Paul W. Kroll --  The Song Reception of Earlier Literature / Stephen Owen --  Textual Transmission of Earlier Literature during the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties / Wai-Yee Li --  Defenses of Literature/Literary Thought/Poetics / Paul Rouzer --  Concepts of Authorship / Wai-Yee Li --  Tradition Formation: Beginnings to Eastern Han / Stepphen Durrant --  Classicisms in Chinese Literary Culture: Six Dynasties through Tang / Anna Shields --  Moments / Paula Varsano --  Sites I / Jack Chen --  Sites II / Wendy Swartz --  The Chinese Writing System / Imre Galambos --  Figures / Wai-Yee Li --  Colonization, Sinicization, and the Multigraphic Northwest / Tamara T. Chin --  Translation / David Boucher --  Shared Literary Heritage in the Sinographic Sphere / Wiebke Denecke, Nam Nguyen --  Sino-Korean Literature / Peter Kornicki --  Early Sino-Japanese Literature / Wiebke Denecke --  Sino-Vietnamese Literature / Peter Kornicki --  Literary Media: Writing and Orality / Christopher M.B. Nugent --  Manuscript Culture / Christopher M.B. Nugent --  The Relationship of Calligraphy and Painting to Literature / Ronald Egan --  Education and the Examination System / Rebecca Doran --  Text and Commentary: The Early Tradition / Michael Puett --  Text and Commentary in the Medieval Period / Yu-yu Cheng. 
<br/><br/> his volume introduces readers to classical Chinese literature from its beginnings (ca. 10th century BCE) to the tenth century BCE through a conceptual framework centered on textual production and transmission. It focuses on recuperating historical perspectives for the period it surveys, and attempts to draw connections between the past and present. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199356614 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Chinese literature.<br/>Chinese literature--History and criticism.--221 B.C.-960 A.D.