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The Orphan of Zhao and Other Yuan Plays : The Earliest Known Versions /

This is the first anthology of Yuan-dynasty zaju (miscellaneous comedies) to introduce the genre to English-speaking readers exclusively through translations of the plays' fourteenth-century editions. Almost all previous translations of Yuan-dynasty zaju are based on late-Ming regularized editi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Idema, Wilt (Editor ), West, Stephen (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Colección:Translations from the Asian Classics
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note to the Reader
  • Table of Dynasties
  • Introduction
  • Conventions
  • 1. The Orphan of Zhao
  • 2. Huo Guang Remonstrates as a Ghost
  • 3. Xue Rengui Returns Home Clad in Brocade
  • 4. The Bamboo-Leaf Boat
  • 5. Tippler Zhao Yuan Encounters the Prior Emperor
  • 6. The Affair of the Eastern Window Exposed
  • 7. Little Butcher Zhang Immolates His Child to Save His Mother
  • Works Cited and Suggested Readings
  • Backmatter