Part One Lecture Notes on English Literature 1
Ⅰ.Why and How to Study English Literature? 3
Ⅱ.English Poetry 8
Ⅲ.The Novel 22
Ⅳ.The Drama 28
Part Two Articles and Papers 33
Ⅰ.The Bible in English Literature 35
Ⅱ.Introducing Shakespeare 47
Ⅲ.Shakespeare in China 69
Ⅳ.Compiling a Shakespeare Dictionary for Chinese Students 77
Ⅴ.Marxist Shakespeare Criticism and Its Spread in China 84
Ⅵ.Shakespeare after Marx 97
Ⅶ.The English Essay and Some Essayists 101
Ⅷ.The Translation of English Essays in China 117
Ⅸ.Literary Translation:A Personal View 127
Ⅹ.Preface to the New Revised Edition of A Short History of English Literature 134
Ⅺ.The Lots of Two Talented Woman Writers 138
Part Three Exchanges with Foreign Scholars 141
Ⅰ.Letters from and to Jane Clegg 143
Ⅱ.Letter to Mr Fred Mednick 150
Ⅲ.Letters to and from David Pollard 152
Ⅳ.Letters to and from Roger Pringle 165
Ⅴ.Letters to and from Ms Dorothy Cameron 169
Ⅵ.Letters from and to Helga Geyer-Ryan 172
Ⅶ.Letters to and from Graham Clarke 174
Appendix Other Writings 181
Ⅰ.About Myself 183
Ⅱ.An Arrest(a story) 187