The Columbia Anthology Of Yuan Drama
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The Columbia Anthology of Yuan Drama
Author | : C. T. Hsia |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2014-04-29 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0231122667 |
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This anthology features translations of ten seminal plays written during the Yuan dynasty (1279Ð1368), 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 ChinaÕs 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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