The Columbia Anthology of Yuan Drama

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ID19948922
AuthorsWei Shang (0000-0001-6039-6041)
EditorsC T Hsia, Wai-Yee Li (0000-0002-0608-9857), George Kao
Year2014
Pages432
Publication date2014-12-31
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe Columbia Anthology of Yuan Drama (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherColumbia University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.7312/hsia12266
OpenAlexW607255131
ISBN9780231122665
Open LibraryOL27559156M
LanguageEN
Citations received8

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

Art · Drama · Literature · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Philippine History and Culture · Chinese drama · Chinese drama, translations into english · Translations into English

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