C. T. Hsia on Chinese Literature.

Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- I: Chinese Literature in Perspective -- Classical Chinese Literature: Its Reception Today as a Product of Traditional Culture -- Chinese Novels and American Critics: Reflections on Structure, Tradition, and Satire -- On the "Scientific" Study of Modern Chinese Literature: A Reply to Professor Průšek -- II: Traditional Drama -- An Introduction to The Romance of the Western Chamber -- Time and the Human Condition in the Plays of T'ang Hsien-tsu -- III: Traditional and Early Modern Fiction -- The Military Romance: A Genre of Chinese Fiction -- Archetype and Allegory in the Dream of the Red Chamber: A Critique -- The Scholar-Novelist and Chinese Culture: A Reappraisal of Ching-hua yuan -- Yen Fu and Liang Ch'i-ch'ao as Advocates of New Fiction -- The Travels of Lao Ts'an: An Exploration of Its Art and Meaning -- Hsü Chen-ya's Yü-li hun: An Essay in Literary History and Criticism -- IV: Modern Fiction -- Introduction to Modern Chinese Stories and Novellas, 1919-1949 -- The Korchin Banner Plains: A Biographical and Critical Study -- Residual Femininity: Women in Chinese Communist Fiction -- Foreword to Chinese Stories from Taiwan: 1960-1970 -- Black Tears: An Introduction to Peng Ko's Stories -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index.