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Masterworks of Asian Literature

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Masterworks of Asian Literature Edited by Barbara Stoler Miller

Indian Texts
Lyric
Classical Sanskrit Lyric:

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Who wrote this list?
Kalidasa (c. 400 C.E.). Meghaduta (The Cloud Messenger) Bhartrhari (fifth century C.E.). Poems Jayadeva (twelfth century C.E.). Gitagovinda See the heading above and the credit below to find out who wrote this list. If you don't like the selections in this list or the arrangement, take it up with the author(s).

Classical Tamil Poetry and Poetics (first century B.C.E.-third century C.E.) Eight Anthologies Ten Long Poems Devotional Poetry of Medieval North India (fifteenthseventeenth century C.E.) Kabir, et al. Lyric Poetry in Urdu: The Ghazal (sixteenth century until the present) The Poems and Stories of Rabindranath Tagore

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Narrative
Mahabharata, including the Bhagavad Gita (400 B.C.E.-400 C.E.) Ramayana of Valmiki (500-300 B.C.E.) Anita Desai: Fire on the Mountain (1977) and Games at Twilight (1978) R. K. Narayan: The Financial Expert (1952) The Short Stories of Premchand (1880-1936) Salman Rushdie: Midnight's Children (1980) U. R. Anantha Murthy: Samsk ara

Drama
Two Classical Indian Plays: Kalidasa's Sak untala (c. 400 C.E.) Sudraka's Little Clay Cart (c. 400 C.E.)

Chinese Texts
Lyric
The Book of Songs (sixth century B.C.E.)
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The Poetry of Retreat (important poets Tao Qian and Xie Lingyun, fourth-fifth century C.E.) Tang poetry: A return to the basics (eighth-ninth century C.E.) Wang Wei, Li Bai, Du Fu, Bo Juyi, Hanshan et al.

Narrative
Zhuang Zi (Chuang Tzu) (second century B.C.E.) Sima Qian: Records of the Historian (second-first century B.C.E.) The Journey to the West (sixteenth century C.E.) Cao Xueqin's Hongloumeng (eighteenth century C.E.) (Story of the Stone or Dream of the Red Chamber) Liu E's The Travels of Lao Can (1903-04) The Stories of Lu Xun (1918-1925) Camel Xiangzi (Rick shaw) (1937) by Lao She (1899-1966) Contemporary Chinese Letters

Drama
Wang Shifu: Story of the Western Wing (Romance of the Western Chamber) (thirteenth century C.E.)

Japanese Texts
Lyric
The Man'yoshu (seventh-eighth century C.E.) and Kok inshu (eighth-tenth century C.E.) collections The Poetry of Matsuo Basho (1644-94 C.E.)

Narrative
Murasaki Shikibu: The Tale of Genji (eleventh century C.E.) A Book of One's Own: The Gossamer Years Sei Shonagon: The Pillow Book The Confessions of Lady Nijo Kamo no Chomei: "An Account of My Hut" (1212 C.E.) Tanizaki Junichiro: Seven Japanese Tales (1910-1959) Enchi Fumiko's The Waiting Years (1957) and Mask s (1958) Abe Kobo: The Woman in the Dunes (1962) Mishima Yukio (1925-1970): The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Kawabata Yasunari's Snow Country (1948) [Natsume] Soseki's Kok oro (1914)

Drama
Three Plays of the Noh Theater (fifteenth-sixteenth century C.E.) Zeami (1363-1443): Atsumori Zeami: Izutsu [Kanze Kojiro] Nobumitsu (1435-1516): Atak a
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Chikamatsu Monzaemon: The Love Suicides at Sonezak i (1703 C.E.) Source: Masterwork s of Asian Literature in Comparative Perspective: A Guide for Teaching. Ed. by Barbara Stoler Miller. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1994. 1994 by Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York. The content of this page may belong to the author. The transcription, however, is the result of my research and hard work. It may not be reposted on any Web site, newsgroup, mailing list, or other publicly available electronic format. Please link to this page instead. ----First posted: December 2002 Updated: December 25, 2010 Praise? Blame? Advice? Comments? Send me your thoughts URL: http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/grtmwasian.html

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