The Columbia Anthology of Yuan Drama
C. T. Hsia, Wai-yee Li, George Kao
This anthology features translations of ten seminal plays written during the Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), a period considered the golden age of Chinese theater. By turns lyrical and earthy, sentimental and ironic, Yuan drama spans a broad emotional, linguistic, and stylistic range. Combining sung arias with declaimed verses and doggerels, dialogues and mime, and jokes and acrobatic feats, Yuan drama formed a vital part of China's culture of performance and entertainment in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. To date, few Yuan-dynasty plays have been translated into English. Well-known translators and scholars have supervised the making of this collection and add a short description to each play. A general introduction situates all selections within their cultural and historical contexts.
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Anno:
2014
Casa editrice:
Columbia University Press
Lingua:
english
Pagine:
496
ISBN 10:
0231122675
ISBN 13:
9780231122672
File:
EPUB, 17.10 MB
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english, 2014