Literary Information in China: A History

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2021
Contributors Editor: Jack Wei Chen
Editor: Anatoly Detwyler
Editor: Xiao Liu
Editor: Christopher M.B. Nugent
Advisor: Bruce Rusk
Language
Number of Pages
638 pp.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
City
New York, NY
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Region
Chronological Period
ISBN
9780231195522
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Contents: 

  • Intro
  • Table of Contents
  • A Note to Readers
  • Chronology
  • Foreword by Ann M. Blair
  • Introduction by Jack W. Chen, Anatoly Detwyler, Xiao Liu, Christopher M. B. Nugent, and Bruce Rusk 

Part I: Information Management at the Level of the Word 

Section A: Graphs, edited by Christopher M. B. Nugent 

1. Graphs, by Zev Handel 

2. Script Reform and Alphabetization, by Yurou Zhong  

3. Indexing Systems, by Uluğ Kuzuoğlu  

4. Character Input, by Thomas S. Mullaney Section B: Lexicons, edited by Bruce Rusk 

5. Early Lexicons, by Zev Handel 

6. Rime Tables, by David Prager Branner 

7. Later Imperial Lexicons, by Nathan Vedal 

8. Early Twentieth-Century Dictionaries, by Yue Meng and Xi Chen 

9. Post-1949 Dictionaries, by Jennifer Altehenger  

10. App-Based and Online Dictionaries, by Michael Love Section C: Text and Textual Divisions, edited by Jack W. Chen 

11. Sentences, Paragraphs, and Sections, by Dirk Meyer and Lisa Indraccolo  

12. Lines, Couplets, and Stanzas, by Jack W. Chen  

13. Premodern Punctuation and Layout, by Imre Galambos  

14. Modern Punctuation and Layout, by John Christopher Hamm Section D: Commentaries, edited by Bruce Rusk 

15. Early to Middle Period Classical Commentaries, by Michael Nylan and Bruce Rusk  

16. Poetry Commentaries, by Michael A. Fuller 

17. Fiction Commentaries, by Martin W. Huang 

18. Drama Commentaries, by Yuming He  

19. Reader's Guides, by Maria Franca Sibau Part II: Information Management at the Level of the Document Section A: Anthologies, edited by Jack W. Chen  

20. Early Anthologies, by Michael Hunter 

21. Medieval Literary Anthologies, by Xiaofei Tian

22. Later Imperial Poetry Anthologies, by Gregory Patterson

23. Later Imperial Prose Anthologies, by Timothy Clifford  

24. Religious Literary Anthologies, by Natasha Heller

25. Premodern Fiction and Fiction Collections, by Ling Hon Lam  

26. Premodern Drama Anthologies, by Ariel Fox  

27. Modern Literary Anthologies, by Charles A. Laughlin 

28. Modern Drama Scripts Anthologies, by Tarryn Li-Min Chun  

29. Textbook Anthologies, by Michael Gibbs Hill Section B: Encyclopedias, edited by Christopher M. B. Nugent 

30. Medieval Encyclopedias, by Christopher M. B. Nugent  

31. Middle Period Imperial Encyclopedias, by Sarah M. Allen; 

32. Later Imperial Vernacular Encyclopedias, by Cynthia Brokaw  

33. Qing Dynasty Imperial Encyclopedias, by Stefano Gandolfo  

34. Twentieth-Century Vernacular Encyclopedias, by Joan Judge  

35. Online Encyclopedias and Wikis, by Shaohua Guo Section C: Histories, edited by Anatoly Detwyler 

36. Early Histories, by Griet Vankeerberghen  

37. Early Medieval Histories, by Zeb Raft  

38. Dynastic Histories from Tang to Song, by Anna M. Shields  

39. Late Imperial Histories, by Devin Fitzgerald  

40. Literary Histories, by Theodore D. Huters