The eternal present of the past : illustration, theatre, and reading in the Wanli period, 1573-1619 / / Li-ling Hsiao.

This study draws together various elements in late Ming culture – illustration, theater, literature – and examines their interrelation in the context of the publication of drama. It examines a late Ming conception of the stage as a mystical space in which the past was literally reborn within the pre...

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Superior document:China studies, 12
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Year of Publication:2007
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:China studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 12.
Physical Description:1 online resource (369 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Materials / L. Hsiao
  • Introduction: Theater, Illustration, And Time / L. Hsiao
  • Chapter One. Toward The Contextualization Of Woodblock Illustration: A Critique Of Art Historical Method / L. Hsiao
  • Chapter Two. The Stage Or The Page: Competing Conceptions Of The Play In The Wanli Period / L. Hsiao
  • Chapter Three. Performance Illustration / L. Hsiao
  • Chapter Four. Performance As An Interaction With The Past / L. Hsiao
  • Chapter Five. Image As An Interaction With The Past / L. Hsiao
  • Chapter Six. Reading As An Interaction With The Past / L. Hsiao
  • Conclusion: The Role Of The Publisher / L. Hsiao
  • Appendix / L. Hsiao
  • Glossary / L. Hsiao
  • Bibliography / L. Hsiao
  • Index / L. Hsiao.