| 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 |