David McCraw
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Professor, Chinese LiteratureLincoln Annex 2, Room 5 Phone: (808) 956-6853 |
Educational Background
B.A.: University of Massachusetts, Asian Studies, 1981
M.A.: Stanford University, Asian Languages, 1983
Ph.D.: Stanford University, Asian Languages, 1986
Research Areas
Classical Chinese literature, especially poetry
Lyricists of the seventeenth century
The poetry of Du Fu
Women and classical verse
Classical prose, esp. ancient writings
Chinese Lyricists of the Seventeenth Century. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1990.
Du Fu’s Laments from the South. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1992.
“How the Chinawoman Lost Her Voice.” Sino-Platonic Papers 16:1992, 28pp.
“Yi kong wei zhong: Interstanzaic Translation’s Place in Soong Lyrics.” Sung-Yuan Studies. 24: 1994. Pp. 143-163.
Pursuing Zhuangzi as Rhymester. Sino-Platonic Papers 67:1995, 40pp.
“Three Lyrics by Nalan Singde.” (trans.) The Columbia Anthology of Poetry. Mair, Victor (ed.) Columbia University Press, 1995. Pp. 522-523.
Women and Old Chinese Poetry. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1996.
“Out from Qing Boudoirs.” Constructions and Confrontations: Changing Representations of Women and Feminisms, East and West. Bacchilega, Cristina & Moore, Cornelia (eds.) Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1996. Pp. 121-139.
“Hanging by a Thread: Li He’s Deviant Closures.” CLEAR. 18: 1996. Pp. 23-44.
“Fugue and Flight in Ancient Chinese Poetry.” Tamkang Review. 29: 1999. Pp. 21-43.
“The Poetry of Su Shi and the Humor of Resistance.” Proceedings of the ASPAC Conference. 1999. 10pp.
“Six Lyrics by Gu Taiqing (with critical biography).” (trans.) Chinese Women Poets: An Anthology of Poetry and Criticism. Sun Chang, Kang-I (ed.) Yale University Press, 1999. Pp. 589-603.
Magic Precincts: Five Chinese Temples and How They Grew. (2001).
“Qing Dynasty Lyrics.” The Columbia History of Traditional Chinese Literature. Mair, Victor (ed.) (Forthcoming: Columbia University Press, 2001).
Syntacticon: The World’s Largest Classified Database of Classical Chinese Grammar Patterns. See http://www.shuhai.hawaii.edu/* 2003.
Criss-Cross: Chiasmus in Old Chinese Literature. http://www.hawaii.edu/eall/ppl/chn/files/McCraw/* 2006.
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