Chinese Middlebrow Fiction: From the Ch'ing and Early Republican Eras A deft mixture of the

A deft mixture of the popular style of the Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies School with the innovations of May Fourth modernism

The volume also contains an introductory essay by the editor

the work of serious modern women writers in English'

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Chinese Middlebrow Fiction: From the Ch'ing and Early Republican Eras A deft mixture of theEdited by Liu Ts'un yan With the assistance of John Minford 1984 380 pages ISBN 962 201 309 0 This anthology of major works of popular Chinese fiction from the mid Ch'ing to the early Republican eras (late 19th century to early 20th century), as well as critical studies of such works, has been edited by Liu Ts'un yan, Emeritus Professor of Chinese at the Australian National University and an acknowledged expert in the field of Chinese fiction. In