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
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (181 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- The burden of selfish desires : Wu Bing's (1595-1648) comic adaptation of the legend of Xiaoqing in The remedy for jealous
- Love by accident : mistake as a comic device in Ruan Dacheng's (1587-1646) The swallow's letter
- Lazy husbands and diligent wives : ironic unions in Li Yu's (1611-1680) Ideal love matches
- A "glorious" dream of awkward romance : humor and dires in Wang Yun's (1749-1819) A dream of glory.