A History of Chinese Literature by Herbert Allen Giles
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Giles, Herbert Allen, 1845-1935
English
"A History of Chinese Literature" by Herbert Allen Giles is a literary history published in 1901. This groundbreaking work was the first comprehensive survey of Chinese literature to appear in English. Giles devoted much of the book to translations, allowing Chinese authors to "speak for themselves" to Western readers. While later scholars criticiz...
opening Chinese literary traditions to English-speaking audiences. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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