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084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aYu, Li _eautore
245	1	2	_aA Couple of Soles : _bA Comic Play from Seventeenth-Century China / _cLi Yu.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bColumbia University Press, _c[2019]
264		4	_c©2020
300			_a1 online resource
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	0		_aTranslations from the Asian Classics
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tCONTENTS -- _tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- _tNOTE ON THE TRANSLATION -- _tINTRODUCTION -- _tDRAMATIS PERSONAE AND THEIR ROLE CATEGORIES -- _tPREFACE -- _tSCENES -- _tA Couple of Soles -- _tSCENE 1: MAKING A START -- _tSCENE 2: BURNING EARS -- _tSCENE 3: ORGANIZING A TROUPE -- _tSCENE 4: SPECIAL APPRECIATION -- _tSCENE 5: PUNISHING BANDITS -- _tSCENE 6: DECIDING ON A PLAN -- _tSCENE 7: JOINING THE TROUPE -- _tSCENE 8: THE BANDITS SET OUT -- _tSCENE 9: DRAFTING A LETTER -- _tSCENE 10: BECOMING LEADING MAN -- _tSCENE 11: THE FOX’S MIGHT135 -- _tSCENE 12: LUXURIANT ESCAPE -- _tSCENE 13: THROWING MONEY AROUND -- _tSCENE 14: EXTORTION -- _tSCENE 15: TOGETHER IN DEATH -- _tSCENE 16: DIVINE PROTECTION -- _tSCENE 17: SCRAMBLING FOR PROFIT -- _tSCENE 18: THE RETURN TO LIFE -- _tSCENE 19: RUSTIC NUPTIALS -- _tSCENE 20: THE SECRET DISPATCH -- _tSCENE 21: A PARTING GIFT -- _tSCENE 22: A CUNNING PLAN -- _tSCENE 23: THE MAKE- BELIEVE HERMIT -- _tSCENE 24: DEPARTING IN GLORY -- _tSCENE 25: A PRETEND DEITY -- _tSCENE 26: PRESENTING THE BOOK -- _tSCENE 27: DECIDING ON THE PLAYERS -- _tSCENE 28: A COINCIDENTAL REUNION -- _tSCENE 29: GRABBING THE CART SHAFTS -- _tSCENE 30: WINNING THE BATTLE -- _tSCENE 31: MISTAKEN ARREST -- _tSCENE 32: A SHOCKING REUNION -- _tAppendix. THE PLAYWRIGHT AND HIS ART -- _tNOTES -- _tBIBLIOGRAPHY
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520			_aA Couple of Soles is a classic comedic romance by the seventeenth-century playwright Li Yu. Tan Chuyu, a poor young scholar, falls in love with the beautiful actress Liu Miaogu. He joins her family’s acting troupe, and, in plays within the play, romance ensues. After Liu’s family attempts to marry her off to a local country squire, she performs a famous scene in which a heroine drowns herself—and then jumps off the stage into a river, followed by Tan. The local river deity rescues the lovers from death by transforming them into a pair of soles. Li balances their romance with the adventures of a retired upright official involving banditry, bribery, and mistaken identity—and who nets and shelters the two fish when they regain human form.Written at a time when China was beginning to recover from the cataclysmic Ming-Qing dynastic transition, A Couple of Soles displays Li’s biting wit as well as his reflections on the concerns of his age, including the dangers of administrative service and the role of theater in society. The play combines witty wordplay and caustic satire with a strong emphasis on traditional moral values. The first major comedy from late imperial China to appear in English translation, A Couple of Soles provides an unparalleled view of the theater in seventeenth-century China. A general introduction and a detailed appendix shed further light on the play and its context.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jun 2024)
650		0	_aActresses _zChina _vDrama.
650		0	_aMan-woman relationships _vDrama.
650		0	_aScholars _zChina _vDrama.
650		0	_aWit and humor.
650		7	_aDRAMA / Asian / General. _2bisacsh
700	1		_aHegel, Robert E. _eautore
700	1		_aShen, Jing _eautore
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.7312/li-19354
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231550369
856	4	2	_3Cover _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231550369/original
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