"This book traces the contours of the ways in which Western literature (in both the broad and narrow sense) was introduced and received in China from the 1840s to the present. It is an attempt to navi
Adapting Western Classics for the Chinese Stage presents a comprehensive study of transnational, transcultural, and translingual adaptations of Western classics from the turn of the twentieth century
“Modern Chinese fiction . . . looks to have made a great leap towards the bookshelves of [Western] readers.”—GuardianHugely popular in China, flash fiction is poised to be the most exciting new develo
While the reception of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte has drawn extensive attention from critics in the United Kingdom and in the United States, much needed scholarship on their position in other w
