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Monks, Bandits, Lovers and Immortals
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Description for Monks, Bandits, Lovers and Immortals
Num Pages: 522 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 816.
This magnificent collection of eleven early [1250–1450] Chinese plays will give readers a vivid sense of life and a clear understanding of dramatic literature during an extraordinarily eventful period in Chinese history. Not only are the eleven plays in this volume expertly translated into lively, idiomatic English; they are each provided with illuminating, scholarly introductions that are yet fully intelligible to the educated lay reader. A marvelous volume.--Victor Mair, University of Pennsylvania
This magnificent collection of eleven early [1250–1450] Chinese plays will give readers a vivid sense of life and a clear understanding of dramatic literature during an extraordinarily eventful period in Chinese history. Not only are the eleven plays in this volume expertly translated into lively, idiomatic English; they are each provided with illuminating, scholarly introductions that are yet fully intelligible to the educated lay reader. A marvelous volume.--Victor Mair, University of Pennsylvania
Product Details
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
522
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Cambridge, MA, United States
ISBN
9781603842013
SKU
V9781603842013
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Ref
99-1
About
Stephen H. West is Foundation Professor of Chinese, Arizona State University. Wilt L. Idema is Professor of Chinese Literature, Harvard University.
Reviews for Monks, Bandits, Lovers and Immortals
"An exciting new resource for undergraduate teaching. The translated plays were clearly chosen for their literary value as well as their significance to the history of Chinese drama, and each is preceded by an introduction providing its historical context In their lucid introduction, West and Idema describe the historical background of early drama, discussing its urban setting, the theater, the ... Read more