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A topsy turvy world short plays and farces from the Ming and Qing dynasties 2nd Edition by Wilt L Idema, Wai Yee Li, Stephen H West ISBN 9780231557719 023155771X

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A topsy turvy world short plays and farces from the Ming and Qing dynasties 2nd Edition Wilt L. Idema Digital Instant Download

Author(s): Wilt L. Idema,Wai-Yee Li,Stephen H. West

ISBN(s): 9780231557719, 9780231208970, 9780231208963, 023155771X, 0231208979, 0231208960

Edition: 2

File Details: PDF, 12.51 MB

Year: 2023

Language: English

SKU: EB-54868732 Category: Fiction - Drama Tags: Stephen H. West, Wai-Yee Li, Wilt L. Idema

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ISBN 10: 023155771X
ISBN 13: 9780231557719
Author: Wilt L Idema, Wai Yee Li, Stephen H West

Playwriting in many forms flourished during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Shorter theatrical genres in particular offered playwrights opportunities for experimentation with both dramatic form and social critique. Despite their originality and wit, these short plays have been overshadowed by the lengthy masterpieces of the southern drama tradition. A Topsy-Turvy World presents English translations of shorter sixteenth-to-eighteenth-century plays, spotlighting a lesser-known side of Chinese drama. Satirical and often earthy, these mostly one-act plays depict deceit, dissembling, reversed gender roles, and sudden upending of fortunes. With zest and humor, they portray henpecked husbands, supercilious and lustful monks, all-too-human sage kings, disgruntled officials, and overreaching young scholars. These plays provide a glimpse of Chinese daily life and mores even as they question or subvert the boundaries of social, moral, and political order. Each translation is preceded by a short introduction that describes the play’s author, context, formal qualities, and textual history. A Topsy-Turvy World offers a new view of a significant period in the development of the Chinese theatrical tradition and provides insight into the role of drama as cultural critique.

A topsy turvy world short plays and farces from the Ming and Qing dynasties 2nd Edition Table of contents:

1. Cracking a Dumb Chan Riddle

2. The Mad Drummer: Thrice-Played Yuyang

3. Chan Master Yu has a Dream of Cuixiang

4. Real Puppets

5. Sublime Jokes from the Back of Beyond

6. Pinning Flowers in His Coiffure

7. A Song for a Laugh

8. Ramblings with Magicians in Lyrics and Songs

9. Black and White Donkeys

10. Zaju from the Studio of Singing on the Wind

Ma Zhou Drinks Alone at a Xinfeng Wineshop