A Giles, Herbert Allen 1845-1935 creator text utu 2013 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "A History of Chinese Literature" by Herbert Allen Giles is a literary history published in 1901. This groundbreaking work was the first comprehensive survey of Chinese literature to appear in English. Giles devoted much of the book to translations, allowing Chinese authors to "speak for themselves" to Western readers. While later scholars criticized its scope and occasional misinterpretations, the work became influential, notably serving as source material for Ezra Pound's translations and opening Chinese literary traditions to English-speaking audiences. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_Chinese_Literature Release date is 2013-09-13 Henry Flower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team Original publication data not identified Chinese literature -- History and criticism PL Original publication data not identified 29016524 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43711 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43711 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134013.0 43711