The Translator's Mirror for the Romantic

First monograph about a systematic study of David Hawkes' monumental translation of The Story of the StoneFirst time using precious primary source materials such as manuscript, typescript, letters and notebooksEndorsement by John Minford, collaborator and literary executor of David HawkesAppealing to and useful for students and scholars in Chinese language and literature, translation studies and comparative literatureNon conventional in not adopting theoretical but from a pragmatic standpoint