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C.T. Hsia
Hsia Chih-tsing 夏志清 or C. T. Hsia (January 11, 1921 – December 29, 2013) was a Chinese historian and literary theorist. He contributed to the introduction of modern Chinese literature to the Western world by promoting the works of once marginalized writers in the 1960s. Today, C. T. Hsia is considered one of the most important critics of Chinese literature. Biography Career C. T. Hsia was born in Pudong, Shanghai, in 1921. His father Ta-Tung was a banker before the Communist came to power in 1949. In 1942, C. T. Hsia graduated from Hujiang University with a B.A in English Literature. After teaching at Peking University in 1946, C. T. Hsia moved to the United States in 1947, where he enrolled in Yale University's English Department. He wrote his dissertation on the realist poet George Crabbe, and obtained his PhD in 1951. In 1961, C. T. Hsia joined Columbia University and taught Chinese literature there until his retirement in 1991. Thanks to his work, Columbia Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pudong
Pudong is a district of Shanghai located east of the Huangpu, the river which flows through central Shanghai. The name ''Pudong'' was originally applied to the Huangpu's east bank, directly across from the west bank or Puxi, the historic city center. It now refers to the broader Pudong New Area, a state-level new area which extends all the way to the East China Sea. The traditional area of Pudong is now home to the Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone and the Shanghai Stock Exchange and many of Shanghai's best-known buildings, such as the Oriental Pearl Tower, the Jin Mao Tower, the Shanghai World Financial Center, and the Shanghai Tower. These modern skyscrapers directly face Puxi's historic Bund, a remnant of former foreign concessions in China. The rest of the new area includes the Port of Shanghai, the Shanghai Expo and Century Park, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai Pudong International Airport, the Jiuduansha Wetland Nature Reserve, Nanhui New City, and the Shanghai Dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
