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May 25: On Literary Chronology

This month brings the publication of A New Literary History of Modern China, a volume that amasses 161 essays by 143 authors under the editorship of David Der-wei Wang. Intended for readers interested in understanding modern China through its literary and cultural dynamics, the book follows similarly conceived projects on French, German, and American literary history. Below, HUP Executive Editor for the Humanities Lindsay Waters considers the organizational principle linking all four. ----- It might be worthwhile to talk about the Chinese literary history in terms of the series of literary histories that began with Denis Hollier’s New History of French Literature…