The Complete Works of Shen Congwen (Including Appendices)

Author: Editorial Committee of "The Complete Works of Shen Congwen"
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Publishing Date: 2003-05-01
Features: This book is the supplementary volume of "The Complete Works of Shen Congwen"! "The Complete Works of Shen Congwen" compiles all published literary works, academic writings, and correspondence of Mr. Shen Congwen to date; as many unpublished works, letters, diaries, and other written historical materials as possible have also been extensively collected. The complete works contain over 10 million words, of which approximately 4.4 million are works and letters unpublished during the author's lifetime. Additionally, it includes over 1,710 illustrations, nearly 200 of which are precious historical materials such as life photos, autographs, and sketches of the author from different periods. The complete works are organized into volumes by genre: novels, essays, biographies, miscellanies, poetry, literary theory, correspondence, supplementary works, and material culture history. Self-selected collections or standalone works previously published by the author are included as originally titled and content. If a selected collection contains works of different genres, it is categorized based on the predominant nature of its works. If multiple selected collections include the same work, that work is included only once in one volume of the complete works, with references to other volumes for reference. Unpublished works are categorized by genre and organized into new collections based on their publication or creation dates, or by related content, and included in the complete works. Published works, collections, or standalone works included in the complete works are as early published or first-edition texts as possible. Works edited or revised by the author are included in their revised versions; if other texts are used, explanations are provided. To preserve the original form of the works, except for necessary corrections of obvious editorial errors, typos, and occasional misspellings, and the standardized use of simplified characters, all works are typeset as originally written. The complete works are divided into 32 volumes:
Volume 1–10: Novels, including (a small number of other works such as plays) in Volume 1 and 4;
Volume 11–12: Essays;
Volume 13: Biographies;
Volume 14: Miscellanies;
Volume 15: Poetry;
Volume 16–17: Literary Theory;
Volume 18–26: Correspondence, including letters, draft letters (), and scattered diaries. Letters and draft letters published before 1949 are categorized into essays, miscellanies, or literary theory volumes;
Volume 27: Supplementary Works, including unpublished historical and reflective texts by the author, as well as early literary experiments after 1949;
Volume 28–32: Material Culture History, with Volume 32 being the monograph "Research on Ancient Chinese Clothing."