中国文学的历史至少可以追溯到3000多年前。它包括一脉相承、绵延至20世纪初叶的古代文学，也包括20世纪以来在文学观念、内容、语言诸方面已经发生全方位转型的现当代文学。李春雨著的《中国文学(英文版)(精)/中华之美丛书》简要介绍了中国文学从古至今数千年的发展历程，并以重点作家作品为中心，帮助读者朋友去感受中国文学的美，并通过文学的视角，去了解文学所关照的中国人的生存状况和内在精神世界。

Foreword
Overview of the Development of Chinese Ancient Literature
Historical Course of Chinese Ancient Literature
Main Characteristics of Chinese Ancient Literature
Model Essays
Prose of Various Pre-Qin Schools of Thought
Sima Qian and Records of the Grand Historian
Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties
Splendid Poetry
The Book of Songs: The First Collection of Poems
Qu Yuan: Romantic Lyric Poems
Tao Yuanming: A Hermit's Pastoral Poems
Poet Immortal Li Bai
Poet Sage Du-Fu
Bai Juyi and "New Yuefu"
Beautiful Ci Poetry
Su Shi: Creating a New State of Ci Poetry
Li Qingzhao and Graceful and Restrained Ci Poetry
Xin Qiji and Bold and Unconstrained Ci Poetry
Late Maturity of Drama
Great Yuan Drama Writer Guan Hanqing
Romance of the West Chamber, a Never-failing Drama
Tang Xianzu' s Drama Legends
Peak of Novels
Historical Novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Heroic Legend Water Margin
Gods and Demons Novel Journey to the West
Ghost Novel Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio
Masterpiece Dream of the Red Chamber
Overview of the Development of Chinese Modern and
Contemporary Literature
Historical Course of Chinese Modem and Contemporary Literature
Main Characteristics of Chinese Modem and Contemporary Literature
Modern Novets: Echoes of the Times
Lu Xun: Founder of New Literature
Ba Jin and His "Torrents Trilogy"
Lao She and His Beijing Civil Society
Shen Congwen's World of West Hunan
Eileen Chang's Life Legends
Modern Poetry: Looking for Its Own Voice
Guo Moruo: Destruction and Creation
Xu Zhimo: Crescent MoonPoetry
Ai Qing: A Modem Poem Rooted in Earth
Mu Dan: Abundance and the Pain of Abundance
Modern Stage Plays: Transplantation and Development
Cao Yu: Born for Drama
Tian Han: Drama like Life
New Period - New Trends of Poetry
The Rise of "Obscure Poetry"
Bei Dao: A Rational Poet Gu Cheng: A Fairy Tale Poet
Hai Zi: The Catcher in the Rye
New Period - Diversified Novels
Jia Pingwa and Root-seeking Novels
Yu Hua and Vanguard Novels
Su Tong and Hew Historical Novels
Mo Yah and Hallucinatory Realism
Concluding Remarks:
New Trends of Literature in the New Century