The Modern Language Association (MLA) has announced that A History of Taiwan Literature by Ye Shitao, translated by Professor Christopher Lupke (University of Alberta), is the winner of the MLA Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Scholarly Study of Literature.
The MLA committee’s citation about the book: “Ye Shitao’s ‘A History of Taiwan Literature’ is a seminal work in establishing the field of Taiwanese literature and literary history in its own right. Although it is an outline of the history of Taiwanese literature, the study has an impressive scope, introducing English-speaking readers to the complexities of the literary field and discussing single authors, as well as literary societies, magazines, and cultural trends as they come together to create a national literature. Christopher Lupke’s masterful and fluid translation gives the reader the full flavor of the rhetoric and style of the original. The volume also includes extensive Japanese-language notes that, together with the introduction, ensure a better understanding of the significance of Ye Shitao’s book.”
In addition to hardcover and various e-book formats, A History of Taiwan Literature is now available in paperback from https://www.cambriapress.com/HistoryTaiwanLiterature.
This book is part of the Cambria Literature in Taiwan Series, headed by Professor Nikky Lin (National Taiwan Normal University), in collaboration with the National Museum of Taiwan Literature and National Taiwan Normal University.
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