China Literary Dictionary. Modern Volume

Author: Liang Shu'an
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Publish Date: 1997-02-01
Features: This book is the last volume of the "Dictionary of Chinese Literary Figures," compiling over 900 literary figures from the outbreak of the Opium War (1840) to the eve of the May Fourth Movement (1919). It includes poets, prose writers, novelists, playwrights, literary theorists, literary scholars, literary translators, as well as politicians, publishers, and entrepreneurs with literary achievements. The content is detailed and reliable. An index of names and literary aliases is appended at the end for easy reference.