Love for a Laugh.

"After the strikingly beautiful Peony Pavilion, how could one write about love and the ideal of emotional authenticity (qing) in the chuanqi genre? This book presents a group of creative dramatists who confronted this challenge by giving the romantic theme of chuanqi their unique comic twists....

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Superior document:Sinica Leidensia Series ; v.158
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Place / Publishing House:Boston : : BRILL,, 2023.
©2023.
Year of Publication:2023
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Sinica Leidensia Series
Physical Description:1 online resource (181 pages)
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