Monks, bandits, lovers, and immortals : eleven early Chinese plays

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Monks, bandits, lovers, and immortals : eleven early Chinese plays

edited and translated with an introduction by Stephen H. West and Wilt L. Idema

Hackett Pub. Co., 2010

  • pbk.

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Monks bandits lovers and immortals : eleven early Chinese plays

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Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-468) and index

Contents of Works

  • Finding list of northern dramas in this anthology by editions
  • Table of dynasties
  • Conventions
  • Guan Hanqing
  • Moving heaven and shaking earth: the injustice to Dou E
  • Rescriptor-in-waiting Bao thrice investigates the butterfly dream
  • Beauty pining in her boudoir: the pavilion for praying to the moon / Bai Pu
  • Autumn nights of the lustrous Emperor of Tang: rain on the Wutong tree / Ma Zhiyuan
  • Breaking a troubling dream: a lone goose in autumn over the palaces of Han / Zheng Guangzu
  • Dazed behind the green ring lattice, Qiann's soul leaves her body / Li Xingdao
  • Rescriptor-in-waiting Bao's clever trick: the record of the chalk circle / Anonymous
  • Zhongli of the Han leads Lan Caihe to enlightenment / Zhu Youdun
  • Leopard monk returns to the laity of his own accord
  • Black Whirlwind Li spurns riches out of righteousness
  • Writing club of Hangzhou
  • Little Butcher Sun
  • Appendix 1: Note on the translation and study of early Chinese drama in Europe and the United States
  • Appendix 2: Suggested readings
  • Appendix 3: Partial list of modern English translations of early drama

Details

  • NCID
    BC13758309
  • ISBN
    • 9781603842006
  • LCCN
    2009045964
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Indianapolis
  • Pages/Volumes
    xlii, 478 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
  • Classification
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