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The Columbia Anthology of Yuan Drama

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This anthology features translations of ten seminal plays written during the Yuan dynasty , 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.

Pages: 409

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Release: April 15, 2014

ISBN: 0231122667

ISBN 13: 9780231122665

The Columbia Anthology of Yuan Drama

4.3/5 ( ratings)

This anthology features translations of ten seminal plays written during the Yuan dynasty , 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.

Pages: 409

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Release: April 15, 2014

ISBN: 0231122667

ISBN 13: 9780231122665

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