The Columbia Anthology of Yuan Drama
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Translations from the Asian Classics
ISBN-10
0231122667
ISBN-13
9780231122665
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Imprint
Columbia University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 15th, 2014
Print length
432 Pages
Weight
922 grams
Dimensions
18.50 x 26.00 x 3.00 cms
Ksh 24,100.00
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This anthology features translations of ten seminal plays written during the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), a period considered the golden age of Chinese theater. By turns lyrical and earthy, sentimental and ironic, Yuan drama spans a broad emotional, linguistic, and stylistic range. Combining sung arias with declaimed verses and doggerels, dialogues and mime, and jokes and acrobatic feats, Yuan drama formed a vital part of China's culture of performance and entertainment in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. To date, few Yuan-dynasty plays have been translated into English. Well-known translators and scholars have supervised the making of this collection and add a short description to each play. A general introduction situates all selections within their cultural and historical contexts.
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