The Orphan of Zhao and Other Yuan Plays : : The Earliest Known Versions / / ed. by Wilt Idema, Stephen West.
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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Translations from the Asian Classics
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (408 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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