Playwrights and Literary Games in Seventeenth-Century China: Plays by Tang Xianzu, Mei Dingzuo, Wu Bing, Li Yu, and Kong Shangren (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780739138571)

As the first full-length English language survey of China's rich and sophisticated chuanqi drama, Playwrights and Literary Games in Seventeenth-Century China offers detailed analyses of six canonical plays in the broad socio-historical context of late imperial China, supported by the application of both traditional and modern critical theories. Portraying the playwrights as creative readers of their cultural heritage, this study examines their plays as the products of their attachment to traditions and pursuit of novelty to surpass traditions.

Author: Jing Shen
ISBN-10: 073913857X
ISBN-13: 9780739138571
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 08/04/2010
Pages: 334
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d