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The Columbia anthology of Yuan drama /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hsia, Chih-tsing, 1921-2013 (Editor ), Li, Wai-yee (Editor ), Kao, George, 1912-2008 (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Chino
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, 2014.
Colección:Translations from the Asian classics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Historical plays
  • The Zhao orphan / Ji Junxiang
  • Tricking Kuai Tong / Anonymous
  • Crime and punishment
  • Selling rice in Chenzhou / Anonymous
  • The Moheluo Doll / Meng Hanqing
  • Folly and consequences
  • The Eastern hall elder / Qin Jianfu
  • The tiger head plaque / Li Zhifu
  • Female agency
  • Rescuing a sister / Guan Hanqing
  • Qiu Hu tries to seduce his wife / Shi Junbao
  • Romantic Love
  • On horseback and over the garden wall / Bai Pu
  • Scholar Zhang boils the sea / Li Haogu.
  • Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1. Historical Plays; 1. Ji Junxiang, The Zhao Orphan, translated by Pi-twan Huang and Wai-yee Li; The Zhao Orphan in Yuan Editions, by Wai-yee Li; 2. Anonymous, Tricking Kuai Tong, translated by Wai-yee Li; Part 2. Crime and Punishment; 3. Anonymous, Selling Rice in Chenzhou, translated by Richard C. Hessney; 4. Meng Hanqing, The Moheluo Doll, translated by Jonathan Chaves; Part 3. Folly and Consequences; 5. Qin Jianfu, The Eastern Hall Elder, translated by Robert E. Hegel and Wai-yee Li.
  • 6. Li Zhifu, The Tiger Head Plaque, translated by Yoram Szekely, C.T. Hsia, Wai-yee Li, and George KaoPart 4. Female Agency; 7. Guan Hanqing, Rescuing a Sister, translated by George Kao and Wai-yee Li; 8. Shi Junbao, Qiu Hu Tries to Seduce His Wife, translated by John Coleman, James M. Hargett, Kuan-fook Lai, Gloria Shen, and Wang Ming; Part 5. Romantic Love; 9. Bai Pu, On Horseback and Over the Garden Wall, translated by Jerome Cavanaugh and Wai-yee Li; 10. Li Haogu, Scholar Zhang Boils the Sea, translated by Allen A. Zimmerman; Bibliography.