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The Orphan of Zhao and Other Yuan Plays : The Earliest Known Versions / ed. by Wilt Idema, Stephen West.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Translations from the Asian ClassicsPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (408 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231168540
  • 9780231538107
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PL2658.E5 O77 2015
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- A Note to the Reader -- Table of Dynasties -- Introduction -- Conventions -- 1. The Orphan of Zhao -- 2. Huo Guang Remonstrates as a Ghost -- 3. Xue Rengui Returns Home Clad in Brocade -- 4. The Bamboo-Leaf Boat -- 5. Tippler Zhao Yuan Encounters the Prior Emperor -- 6. The Affair of the Eastern Window Exposed -- 7. Little Butcher Zhang Immolates His Child to Save His Mother -- Works Cited and Suggested Readings -- Backmatter
Summary: This is the first anthology of Yuan-dynasty zaju (miscellaneous comedies) to introduce the genre to English-speaking readers exclusively through translations of the plays' fourteenth-century editions. Almost all previous translations of Yuan-dynasty zaju are based on late-Ming regularized editions that were heavily adapted for performance at the Ming imperial court and then extensively revised in the seventeenth century for the reading pleasure of Jiangnan literati. These early editions are based on leading actor scripts and contain arias, prose dialogue, and cue lines. They encompass a fascinating range of subject matter, from high political intrigue to commoner life and religious conversion. Crackling with raw emotion, violent imagery, and colorful language and wit, the zaju in this volume explore the consequences of loyalty and betrayal, ambition and enlightenment, and piety and drunkenness. The collection features seven of the twenty-six available untranslated zaju published in the fourteenth century, with a substantial introduction preceding each play and extensive annotations throughout. The editors also include translations of the Ming versions of four of the included plays and an essay that synthesizes recent Chinese and Japanese scholarship on the subject.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- A Note to the Reader -- Table of Dynasties -- Introduction -- Conventions -- 1. The Orphan of Zhao -- 2. Huo Guang Remonstrates as a Ghost -- 3. Xue Rengui Returns Home Clad in Brocade -- 4. The Bamboo-Leaf Boat -- 5. Tippler Zhao Yuan Encounters the Prior Emperor -- 6. The Affair of the Eastern Window Exposed -- 7. Little Butcher Zhang Immolates His Child to Save His Mother -- Works Cited and Suggested Readings -- Backmatter

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This is the first anthology of Yuan-dynasty zaju (miscellaneous comedies) to introduce the genre to English-speaking readers exclusively through translations of the plays' fourteenth-century editions. Almost all previous translations of Yuan-dynasty zaju are based on late-Ming regularized editions that were heavily adapted for performance at the Ming imperial court and then extensively revised in the seventeenth century for the reading pleasure of Jiangnan literati. These early editions are based on leading actor scripts and contain arias, prose dialogue, and cue lines. They encompass a fascinating range of subject matter, from high political intrigue to commoner life and religious conversion. Crackling with raw emotion, violent imagery, and colorful language and wit, the zaju in this volume explore the consequences of loyalty and betrayal, ambition and enlightenment, and piety and drunkenness. The collection features seven of the twenty-six available untranslated zaju published in the fourteenth century, with a substantial introduction preceding each play and extensive annotations throughout. The editors also include translations of the Ming versions of four of the included plays and an essay that synthesizes recent Chinese and Japanese scholarship on the subject.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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