The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Drama / / ed. by Xiaomei Chen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Chan, Anthony,; Chan, Joanna,; Chen, Xiaomei,; Guangtian, Zhang,; Han, Tian,; Jia, A,; Jianwu, Li,; Jisu, Huang,; Lai, Stan,; Limin, Yang,; Lin, Shen,; Longyun, Li,; Ouhong, Weng,; She, Lao,; Shen, Hong,; Sheng-Chuan, Lai,; Shi, Hu,; Wei, Bai,; Xilin, Ding,; Xingjian, Gao,; Yan, Xia,; Yu, Cao,; Yun, Chen,; Yuqian, Ouyang,; Zuguang, Wu,
• HerausgeberIn: Chen, Xiaomei,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1120 p.)

The first of its kind in English, this anthology translates twenty-two popular Chinese plays published between 1919 and 2000, accompanied by a critical introduction to the historical, cultural, and aesthetic evolution of twentieth-century Chinese spoken drama. Primarily comprising works from the Peo...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• The Main Event in Life (1919)
• Yama Zhao (1922)
• The Night the Tiger Was Caught (1922-1923)
• After Returning Home (1922)
• A Wasp (1923)
• Oppression (1925)
• Breaking Out of Ghost Pagoda (1928)
• Thunderstorm (1934)
• It's Only Spring (1934)
• Under Shanghai Eaves (1937)
• Return on a Snowy Night (1942)
• Teahouse (1958)
• Guan Hanqing (1958)
• The Young Generation (1965)
• The Red Lantern (1970)
• The Bus Stop (1983)
• Wilderness and Man (1988)
• Geologists (1995)
• Che Guevara (2000)
• Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land (1986)
• Metamorphosis Under the Star (1986)
• Crown Ourselves with Roses (1988)
• Glossary
• Contributors