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Scenes for Mandarins: The Elite Theater of the Ming
Cyril Birch
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Description for Scenes for Mandarins: The Elite Theater of the Ming
Paperback. The first introduction to the classical Chinese theater of Ming drama contains highlights from six of the best plays of the period and lively commentary on each, providing the context necessary for Western readers to grasp the scope of the genre. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 262 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2AB; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; AN; DD; DSBB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press New York
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
Series
Translations from the Asian Classics
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231102636
SKU
V9780231102636
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Ref
99-1
About Cyril Birch
Cyril Birch is professor emeritus in the Department of East Asian Languages at the University of California at Berkeley. Among the many books he has written, translated, and edited are Stories from a Ming Collection (1968), Studies in Chinese Literary Genres, The Peony Pavilionand, with Donald Keene, Anthology of Chinese Literature (1987).
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