Table of Contents

Part I: ChinaBook of SongsBook of DocumentsBook of RitesAnalects MenciusGreat LearningDoctrine of the MeanDaoist TextsChinese PoetryThe West Chamber Journey to the West Outlaws of the Marsh Short Stories Essays The Old Gun Part II: JapanJapanese PoetryThe Pillow Book * Sei ShonagonThe Tale of Genji * Murasaki ShikibuTales of Times Now PastThe Tale of the HeikeEssays in Idleness NakamitsuLord Kikui's Wife Short StoriesJusan'ya. The Thirteenth Night Stories A Sudden Flash of Light Part III: KoreaTan'gunThe Tale of Hong Kiltong Korean PoetrySong of a Faithful Wife, Ch'un-hyangModern Korean Short Fiction

About the Author

Margaret Childs is Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Kansas, USA Nancy Hope is Associate Director of the Kansas Consortium for Teaching about Asia and the Associate Director for Special Projects of the Confucius Institute both at the University of Kansas, USA

Reviews

"The editors would likely join this reviewer in hoping that this volume, and its two predecessors, will stimulate beginners to delve further into the literature of Asia.
Summing Up: Recommended."
C. Schirokauer, Columbia University, CHOICE"By specifically focusing on content
derived from China, Japan, and Korea,
the authors provide readers with a curated
selection of translated primary source excerpt
content arranged in chronological sequence,
dating from antiquity to the contemporary era.
As such, Voices of East Asia becomes a useful reference for instructors of
and students enrolled in advanced high school- or survey-level collegiate
courses in East Asian history, religious studies, or literature."CHRISTA ADAMS, Lecturer in History, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland,
Ohio