Style, Wit and Word-Play : Essays in Translation Studies in Memory of David Hawkes

This collection of essays is dedicated to the memory of David Hawkes (1923–2009), who is remembered as a pre-eminent translator and interpreter of Chinese literature into English, his most famous work being the translation of the classic eighteenth-century Chinese novel, the Hongloumeng or The Story of the Stone.

The first part of the collection consists of studies on him and his works; the second part on the art of translation into English from Chinese literature.

All the essays are written by scholars in the field from Britain, America, Australia and Hong Kong.