Encountering China's Past: Translation and Dissemination of Classical Chinese Literature (Hardcover)

Introduction by Lintao Qi and Shani Tobias.- From Encyclopedia to Pulp Fiction.- How Purpose and Function Has Affected Translation and Subtitling of the Jingju.- The Chinese Vernacular Erotic Novel of the Ming Qing Periods in France by Pierre Kaser.- Lost in Translation.- ­­Monkey’s Journey to the West.- Typological Figuration of Mystical Elements in Jesuit Figurists’ Re-interpretation of Chinese Classics by Sophie Ling-chia Wei.- Striving for the Original.- A Translational History of The Dream of the Red Chamber in Japan.- How Does David Hawkes Use Rhymes in Translating Poems in Hong Lou Meng.