Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 328 pages)
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illustrations
ISBN:
9780520916739
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0520916735
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0585266158
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9780585266152
Uniform Title:
Xi xiang ji
Content:
"China's most important love comedy, Wang Shifu's Xixiangji, or The Story of the Western Wing, is a rollicking play that chronicles the adventures of the star-crossed lovers Oriole and Student Zhang. Since its appearance in the thirteenth century, it has enjoyed unparalleled popularity. The play has given rise to innumerable sequels, parodies, and rewritings it has influenced countless later plays, short stories, and novels and has played a crucial role in the development of drama criticism. This translation of the full and complete text of the earliest extant version is available in paperback for the first time. The editors' introduction will inform students of Chinese cultural and literary traditions."--Publisher description
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-325) and index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0520201841
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Wang, Shifu, active 1295-1307 Story of the western wing Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1995 ISBN 0520201841
Language:
English
Author information:
Wang, Shifu 1260-1316
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