Masterworks of Asian Literature in Comparative Perspective: A Guide for Teaching
Edited by Barbara Stoler Miller

Table of Contents by Country | Table of Contents by Genre

TABLE OF CONTENTS BY COUNTRY

• Preface
• Guide to Reader
• Principles of Transliteration and Pronunciation Guide

Introduction
• Masterworks of Asian Literature in Comparative Perspective, Barbara Stoler Miller, Barnard College

I. The Worlds of Asian Literature

• The Imaginative Universe of Indian Literature, Barbara Stoler Miller
• A Note on Modern Indian Literature, David Rubin, Columbia University
• The Imaginative Universe of Chinese Literature, Pauline Yu and Theodore Huters, University of California, Irvine
• The Imaginative Universe of Japanese Literature, Haruo Shirane, Columbia University
• A Note on Modern Japanese Literature, Paul Anderer, Columbia University

II. India

Lyric
• Classical Sanskrit Lyric: Poetry of Love and Loss, Barbara Stoler Miller
• Classical Tamil Poetry and Tamil Poetics, Rajagopal Parthasarathy, Skidmore College
• Devotional Poetry of Medieval North India, John Stratton Hawley, Barnard College
• Lyric Poetry in Urdu: The Ghazal, Shamsur Rahman Faruqi and Frances Pritchett, Columbia University
• The Poems and Stories of Rabindranath Tagore, William Radice, University of London

Narrative
• The Mahabharata, Including the Bhagavad Gita, Barbara Stoler Miller
• The Ramayana of Valmiki, Robert P. Goldman, University of California, Berkeley
• Anita Desai: Fire on the Mountain and Games at Twilight, Robin Jared Lewis, Columbia University
• R.K. Narayan’s The Financial Expert, Bharati Mukherjee
• The Short Stories of Premchand, David Rubin
• Salman Rushdie: Midnight’s Children, Robin Jared Lewis
• Samskara: The Passing of the Brahman Tradition, Rajagopal Parthasarathy

Drama
• Two Classical Indian Plays: Kalidasa’s Sakuntala and Suddraka’s Little Clay Cart, Barbara Stoler Miller

III. China

Lyric
• The Book of Songs, Pauline Yu
• The Poetry of Retreat, Pauline Yu
• Tang Poetry: A Return to Basics, Burton Watson, Columbia University

Narrative
• Chuang Tzu, Shuen-fu Lin, University of Michigan
• The Records of the Historian, Joseph Roe Allen III, Washington University
• The Journey to the West, Andrew H. Plaks, Princeton University
• Cao Xueqin’s Hongloumeng (Story of the Stone or Dream of the Red Chamber), Anthony C. Yu, The University of Chicago
• Liu E’s The Travels of Lao Can, C.T. Hsia, Columbia University
• The Stories of Lu Xun, Theodore Huters
• Camel Xiangzi (Rickshaw) by Lao She, David D.W. Wang, Columbia University
• Contemporary Chinese Lettres, Theodore Huters
• Timeline of Significant Events in China, 1911-1987, Theodore Huters

Drama
• Story of the Western Wing (Xixiang Ji) (Romance of the Western Chamber), Stephen H. West, University of California, Berkeley and Wilt L. Idema, University of Leiden, The Netherlands

IV. Japan

Lyric
• The Man’yoshu and Kokinshu Collections, Donald Keene, Columbia University
• The Poetry of Matsuo Basho, Haruo Shirane

Narrative
• The Tale of Genji, Edward F. Seidensticker, Columbia University, and Wilt L. Idema
• A Book of One’s Own: The Gossamer Years; The Pillow Book; and Confessions of Lady Nijo, Barbara Ruch, Columbia University
• "An Account of My Hut," Paul Anderer
• Seven Japanese Tales, Ken K. Ito, University of Michigan
• Beyond Absolutism: Enchi Fumiko’s The Waiting Years and Masks, Barbara Ruch
• The Woman in the Dunes, John Whittier Treat, University of Washington
• Mishima Yukio, the Allegorist, Richard Torrance, Ohio State University
• Kawabata Yasunari’s Snow Country, Michael C. Brownstein, Notre Dame University
• Soseki’s Kokoro, Paul Anderer

Drama
• Three Plays of the Noh Theater, Thomas Blenman Hare, Stanford University
• The Love Suicides at Sonezaki, Donald Keene

Postscript

• East-West Literary Relations: The "Wisdom" of the "East," Lucien Miller, University of Massachusetts
• Summaries of the Masterworks
• Historical Timelines: Indian History, Chinese History, Japanese History
• Index
• Contributors

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TABLE OF CONTENTS BY GENRE

• Preface
• Guide to Reader
• Principles of Transliteration and Pronunciation Guide

** LYRIC **

India
• Classical Sanskrit Lyric: Poetry of Love and Loss, Barbara Stoler Miller
• Classical Tamil Poetry and Tamil Poetics, Rajagopal Parthasarathy, Skidmore College
• Devotional Poetry of Medieval North India, John Stratton Hawley, Barnard College
• Lyric Poetry in Urdu: The Ghazal, Shamsur Rahman Faruqi and Frances Pritchett, Columbia University
• The Poems and Stories of Rabindranath Tagore, William Radice, University of London

China
• The Book of Songs, Pauline Yu
• The Poetry of Retreat, Pauline Yu
• Tang Poetry: A Return to Basics, Burton Watson, Columbia University

Japan
• The Man’yoshu and Kokinshu Collections, Donald Keene, Columbia University
• The Poetry of Matsuo Basho, Haruo Shirane

** NARRATIVE **

India
• The Mahabharata, Including the Bhagavad Gita, Barbara Stoler Miller
• The Ramayana of Valmiki, Robert P. Goldman, University of California, Berkeley
• Anita Desai: Fire on the Mountain and Games at Twilight, Robin Jared Lewis, Columbia University
• R.K. Narayan’s The Financial Expert, Bharati Mukherjee
• The Short Stories of Premchand, David Rubin
• Salman Rushdie: Midnight’s Children, Robin Jared Lewis
• Samskara: The Passing of the Brahman Tradition, Rajagopal Parthasarathy

China
• Chuang Tzu, Shuen-fu Lin, University of Michigan
• The Records of the Historian, Joseph Roe Allen III, Washington University
• The Journey to the West, Andrew H. Plaks, Princeton University
• Cao Xueqin’s Hongloumeng (Story of the Stone or Dream of the Red Chamber), Anthony C. Yu, The University of Chicago
• Liu E’s The Travels of Lao Can, C.T. Hsia, Columbia University
• The Stories of Lu Xun, Theodore Huters
• Camel Xiangzi (Rickshaw) by Lao She, David D.W. Wang, Columbia University
• Contemporary Chinese Lettres, Theodore Huters
• Timeline of Significant Events in China, 1911-1987, Theodore Huters

Japan
• The Tale of Genji, Edward F. Seidensticker, Columbia University, and Wilt L. Idema
• A Book of One’s Own: The Gossamer Years; The Pillow Book; and Confessions of Lady Nijo, Barbara Ruch, Columbia University
• "An Account of My Hut," Paul Anderer
• Seven Japanese Tales, Ken K. Ito, University of Michigan
• Beyond Absolutism: Enchi Fumiko’s The Waiting Years and Masks, Barbara Ruch
• The Woman in the Dunes, John Whittier Treat, University of Washington
• Mishima Yukio, the Allegorist, Richard Torrance, Ohio State University
• Kawabata Yasunari’s Snow Country, Michael C. Brownstein, Notre Dame University
• Soseki’s Kokoro, Paul Anderer

** DRAMA **

India
• Two Classical Indian Plays: Kalidasa’s Sakuntala and Suddraka’s Little Clay Cart, Barbara Stoler Miller

China
• Story of the Western Wing (Xixiang Ji) (Romance of the Western Chamber), Stephen H. West, University of California, Berkeley and Wilt L. Idema, University of Leiden, The Netherlands

Japan
• Three Plays of the Noh Theater, Thomas Blenman Hare, Stanford University
• The Love Suicides at Sonezaki, Donald Keene

Postscript

• East-West Literary Relations: The "Wisdom" of the "East," Lucien Miller, University of Massachusetts
• Summaries of the Masterworks
• Historical Timelines: Indian History, Chinese History, Japanese History
• Index
• Contributors

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