Editor’s Page |
Liu Ts’un-yan | Introduction: “Middlebrow” in Perspective | 1 |
P’u Sung-ling | Marriage as Retribution Translated by Chi-chen Wang | 41 |
Han Pang-ch’ing | Sing-song Girls of Shanghai Translated by Eileen Chang | 95 |
Stephen Cheng | Sing-song Girls of Shanghai and Its Narrative Methods | 111 |
Tseng P’u | A Flower in a Sinful Sea Translated by Rafe de Crespigny and Liu Ts’un-yan | 137 |
H. P. Tseng | My Father’s Literary Journey Translated by Colin Modini | 193 |
C. T. Hsia | Hsü Chen-ya’s Yü-li hun: An Essay in Literary History and Criticism | 199 |
Perry Link | An Interview with Pao T’ien-hsiao | 241 |
Chang Hen-shui | Fate in Tears and Laughter Translated by Sally Borthwick | 255 |
Notes on Contributors | 288 |
Notes on Illustrations | 290 |
Chinese Text | 293 |