...C. T. Hsia Hsiao Hung . By Howard Goldblatt . Boston : Twayne Publishers (World Authors Series 386) , 1976 . 161 pp. Notes and References, Selected Bibliography, Index. $8.95 BOOK REVIEWS 103 Combining detailed knowledge of the histori- doubly welcome: not only is it a very readable cal...

...Howard Goldblatt Unwelcome Muse: Chinese Literature in Shanghai and Peking, 1937–1945 . By Edward M. Gunn . New York : Columbia University Press , 1980 . x , 330 pp. Notes, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. $20. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1981 1981 584 JOURNAL...

... works themes of capitals, palaces, gardens and hunts, all will need little persuasion from Goldblatt to see help to 'give form to the State and order to the that they indeed possess a "timeless" quality that outlying regions.' " The/« of Yang Hsiung rank should make them outlast many works of the among...

... their foredoomed lives to the refrain of T. S. Eliot's "birth, and copulation, and death." Columbia University As a biographer, Goldblatt sees Hsiao Hung C. T. HsiA as an emotionally dependent woman, early im- paired in health and quite unfortunate in her choice of lovers. This portrait is entirely convincing...

... , editor and translator. 1983 . Selected Poems of Ai Qing . Bloomington and Beijing : Indiana University Press and Foreign Languages Press . Goldblatt Howard , editor. 1982 . Chinese Literature for the 1980s: TheFourth Congress of Writers and Artists . Armonk, N. Y : M. E. Sharpe...

...Paul G. Pickowicz The Drowning of an Old Cat and Other Stories . By Hwang Chunming . Translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt . Bloomington : Indiana University Press , 1980 . xiv, 271 pp. Translator's Preface, Introduction, Bibliographic Note. $27.50. Copyright © Association...

...), Howard Goldblatt, John Berninghausen, Billy Bikales, Charles W. Hayford, Graham E. Fuller, W. J. F. Jenner, Michael S. Duke, William Crawford, and Margaret Decker. In spot-checking against the Chinese texts, I consistently find in these translations an admirable combination of faithfulness...

... consists of four survey essays: "Modern Chinese Fiction: 1917 1949" by Howard Goldblatt, "Chinese Communist Fiction Since 1949" by Michael Gotz, and two short pieces on "Taiwan Fiction Since 1949" one by Winston L. Y Yang focusing on "emigre writers," such as Pai Hsien-yung, and the other by Joseph S. M...

... , 1984 . 2051 pp. N.p. Six Chapters from My Life “Downunder.” . By Jiang Yang . Translated by Howard Goldblatt . Preface by Jonathan Spence. Seattle : University of Washington Press , 1983 . 111 pp. N.p. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1985 1985 BOOK REVIEWS CHINA...

...Martin W. Huang The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature . Edited by Joseph S. M. Lau and Howard Goldblatt . New York : Columbia University Press , 1995 . xliii, 726 pp. $39.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1995 1995 BOOK REVIEWS CHINA...

... criticism. While Birch analyzes stories by Chu Hsi-ning, Wang Chen-ho, and Hwang Chun-ming, Hsu traces Chen Jo-hsi's literary journey. Readers who enjoy Hwang Chun-ming and Wang Chen-ho will find Howard Goldblatt's discussion of Hwang's rural stories such as "The Fish," "The Story of Ch'ing Fan Kung...

... of Literary Sponsorship" by Howard Goldblatt; "Lu Xun in Japan" by Maruyama Noburu; and "The Reception of Lu Xun in Europe and America: The Politics of Popularization and Scholarship" by Irene Eber. Goldblatt's essay discusses Lu Xun's literary sponsorship under three major categories: "general (leadership...

...Merle Goldman The Execution of Mayor Yin and Other Stories from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution . By Chen Jo-hsi . Translated from the Chinese by Nancy Ing and Howard Goldblatt. Introduction by Simon Leys. Bloomington, Indiana, and London : Indiana University Press , 1978 . xxviii...

... Goldblatt, who has already given us splendid translations of works by Hsiao Hung and Chen Jo-hsi, must be ranked as the most brilliant present-day English-language translator of modern Chinese fiction. PAUL G. PICKOWICZ University of California, San Diego Building China: Studies in Integrated Development...

... Francisco: China Books and Periodicals, 1984. 205 pp. N . p . Six Chapters from My Life "Downunder." By JIANG YANG. Translated by H O W ARD GOLDBLATT. Preface by Jonathan Spence. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1983. Ill pp. N.p. Here are three rather brief commentaries on periods of personal...

... Goldblatt , trans. ( New York : William Morrow , 1998 ), 72 . ...

... of China's leading Taiping scholars. Curwen's recent opportunity to meet with Chinese colleagues in the PRC at academic conferences on the Taiping has served him well in this clear translation. Another masterful translation (by Howard Goldblatt) and valuable addition is Xiao Hong's [Hsiao Hung] personal...

... The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature. Edited by J O S E P H S. M. LAU and H O W A R D GOLDBLATT. New York: Columbia University Press, 1995. xliii, 726 pp. $39.00. Several anthologies of modern Chinese literature in English translation have been published during recent decades. However, all...

... impatient and wish to escape to the original narratives, some of which are available in highly readable English translation, such as Li Ang's Shafu {The Butcher's Wife, trans. Howard Goldblatt), here dryly referred to as The Husband Killer. Eivin's promise of exploring the "Chinese metaphysical life" (p. 1...

... is underrepresented in this volume with only one short story. And, although some post-Gang of Four literature is covered, it is represented only by "official" works. A single essay by Howard Goldblatt and Leo Ou-fan Lee covers dissent and underground literature. Too bad that room could not have been found for things...