格拉特-梅内特、罗宾逊、朱天曙主编的《中国曲艺(英文版)》分为六章，前三章从曲艺的文化、艺术传统和表演艺术三个层面对曲艺进行了总体的历史性概述，后三章分析列举了四种有代表性的曲艺形式——说书、弹词、鼓曲和相声。中国曲艺系统又简单明了地从文化、艺术的角度对曲艺的发展与具体形式做了详细考察。全稿在阐释了中国曲艺文化独特魅力的同时，不时关注到民间艺术发展的整个历史文化背景。

Chapter Ⅰ Folk Performing Art's Place in Chinese Culture

 Section Ⅰ Folk Performing Art Genius

 Section Ⅱ The Popularization of Entertainment

 Section Ⅲ Representatives of the Common People

Chapter Ⅱ Artistic Traditions in Chinese Folk Performing Art

 Section Ⅰ Xia Li Ba Ren

 Section Ⅱ Comedy and Humor

 Section Ⅲ Seize the Moment

Chapter Ⅲ Performance Techniques

 Section Ⅰ The Art of Expression

 Section Ⅱ Entry and Exit

 Section Ⅲ Performance and Appreciation

Chapter Ⅳ The Art of Storytelling

 Section Ⅰ The Origin of the Storytelling

 Section Ⅱ The Spirit, Form and Language of Storytelling

 Section Ⅲ Improving Storytelling: Liu Jingting (1587-1670)

 Section Ⅳ Continuing the Storytelling Tradition

Chapter Ⅴ Tanci and Guqu

 Section Ⅰ The Artistic Charm of Tanci

 Section Ⅱ Continuing the Art of Tanci

 Section Ⅲ The Artistic Charm of Guqu

 Section Ⅳ Continuing the Art of Guqu

Chapter Ⅵ Cross Talk

 Section Ⅰ Performance Skills

 Section Ⅱ Cross Talk's Performance Characteristics

 Section Ⅲ The Great Master of Cross Talk: Hou Baolin

 Section Ⅳ Continuing the Tradition of Cross Talk

Author's Note

A Brief Chronology of Chinese History