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David R. Knechtges

Professor

M245 Gowen Hall
Box 353521
Seattle, WA 98195-3521
(206) 543-4286; Fax (206) 685-4268
knechtge@u.washington.edu

 
David R. Knechtges
     

Education

  • B.A. Chinese (Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta
    Kappa). University of Washington. 1964.
  • A.M. Far Eastern Languages and Literature.
    Harvard University. 1965.
  • Ph.D. Chinese Language and Literature.
    University of Washington. 1968

Research & Teaching Fields

  • Han and Six Dynasties literature, fu, Wen xuan, Chinese literary history, classical prose.

Selected Publications

  • The Han Rhapsody: A Study of the Fu of Yang Hsiung (53 B.C-A.D. 18). Cambridge, London, New York, and Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1976.
  • Wen-xuan or Selections of Refined Literature. Volume One. Rhapsodies on Metropolises and Capitals. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1982.
  • The Han shu Biography of Yang Xiong (53 B.C-A.D. 18). Tempe, Arizona: Center for Asian Studies, Arizona State University, 1982.
  • Wen xuan or Selections of Refined Literature. Volume two. Rhapsodies on Sacrifices, Hunts, Travel, Palaces and Halls, Rivers and Seas. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987.
  • Wen xuan, Volume Three. Princeton University Press. 1996.
  • Editor and co-translator. Gong Kechang. Studies of the Han Fu. American Oriental Series 84. New Haven: American Oriental Society, 1997.
  • Court Culture and Literature in Early China. Variorum Collected Studies Series. Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate Publishing, 2002.
  • Co-editor, with Paul Kroll. Studies in Early Medieval Chinese Literature and Cultural History. In Honor of Richard B. Mather and Donald Holzman. Provo, Utah: T'ang Studies Society, 2003.

Current Research Projects

  • Translation of Wen xuan.
  • History of Early Medieval Chinese Literature.
  • Companion to Classical Chinese Literature.
 

Courses Taught

 

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