The novel and theatrical imagination in early modern China / by Mei Chun.

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Superior document:Sinica Leidensia, v. 101
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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Sinica Leidensia ; v. 101.
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Physical Description:xii, 277 p.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Xi in early modern context. Theatrum mundi: the theatrical, the playful, the ephemeral; the structuring of Xi in illustrations and a prologue theatrical
  • Part II. Playful theatricals : Shuihu zhuan and Xiyou ji. Staging, spectacles, and acts of recognition; Staging, mimicry, and acts of appropriation; Acting, quren, and the authenticity of incongruity; Acting, jiaren, and the artifice of congruity; Viewing : perceptive and fleshly eyes
  • Part III. Didactic theater versus playful theatricals : tropes of theater in Zhishang chuntai and Wusheng xi.