ANTHOLOGY OF CHINESE LITERATURE - Volume (2) Two - from the 14th Century to the Present Day by Birch, Cyril (editor) - 1972

New York: Grove Press - Evergreen Pilot Books, 1972. (xxxi) 476 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with very minor creasing on the spine; previous owner's name inside and some darkening around the edges of the text block. The Chapters are: Yuan Dynasty 1280 - 1367: Songs of the Yuan Dynasty. Ming Dynasty 1368 - 1644: Ghosts and Other Marvels; A Poet of the Early Ming: Kao Ch'i; A Hillarious Buddhist Allegory: Wu Ch'eng-en: The Temptation of Saint Pigsy; A Masterpiece of Ming Drama: T'ang Hsien-tsu - excerpt from Peony Pavilion; Early Ch'ing Lyrics; On the Art of Living; More Ghosts and Fantasies. A Poet of the Ch'ien-Lung Period: Yuan Mei. Red Chamber Dream: Ts'ao Hsueh-ch'in: How to be Rid of a Rival. The New Art of Autobiography: Shen Fu; Shen Ts'ung-wen. Late Ch'ing Lyrics: Chiang Shih-ch'uan; Tso Fu; Chiang Ch'un-lin; Wang P'eng'yun; Huang Hsing; Mao Tse-tung. Republican Period 1911 - The Modern Short Story; The New Verse; Spoken Drama on a Historical Theme; The Creation of a People's Literature; A Novelist in Exile: Eileen Chang: The Bethothal of Yindi; and New Poets of Taiwan; followed by a short bibliography.. Third Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. Book.