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The novel and theatrical imagination in early modern China

by Mei, Chun,
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; . v. 101 Published by : Brill, (Boston :) Physical details: xii, 277 p.
Subject(s): Wu, Cheng'en, -- ca. 1500-ca. 1582. -- Xi you ji. | Shui hu zhuan. | Chinese fiction -- Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368 -- History and criticism. | Chinese fiction -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 -- History and criticism. | Theater in literature. | Electronic books.
Year: 2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Part I. Xi in early modern context. Theatrum mundi: the theatrical, the playful, the ephemeral; the structuring of Xi in illustrations and a prologue theatrical -- Part II. Playful theatricals : Shuihu zhuan and Xiyou ji. Staging, spectacles, and acts of recognition; Staging, mimicry, and acts of appropriation; Acting, quren, and the authenticity of incongruity; Acting, jiaren, and the artifice of congruity; Viewing : perceptive and fleshly eyes -- Part III. Didactic theater versus playful theatricals : tropes of theater in Zhishang chuntai and Wusheng xi.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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