02133nam a2200397 a 4500 ebr10470560 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 101116s2011 mau sb 001 0 eng d 2010046686 9789004191662 (hardback : alk. paper) 9789004195936 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)727944964 a-cc--- PL2432.5 .M45 2011eb 895.1/34809 22 Mei, Chun, 1976- The novel and theatrical imagination in early modern China [electronic resource] / by Mei Chun. Boston : Brill, 2011. xii, 277 p. Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; v. 101 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. 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. local ebrary, Inc. Sinica Leidensia ; v. 101. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10470560 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 115140 115140