First published in 1961 and reissued in new editions several times, A History of Modern Chinese Fiction remains the most authoritative study of 20th-century Chinese fiction today. It covers some 60 years, from the Literary Revolution of 1917 through the Cultural Revolution of 1966-76.
C. T. Hsia examines the major writers from Lu Hsun to Eileen Chang and selected works of representative importance since 1949 from both mainland China and Taiwan.
Contains literary analyses of several Chinese writers, such as Lu Xun, Mao Dun, and Eileen Chang, dating from the Literary Revolution (1917-1927) to the rise of Communism (1928-1957).