Description |
1 online resource (xii, 277 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; 101 |
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Sinica Leidensia ; 101
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Contents |
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 |
Summary |
Using the concept of theatricality to study Water Margin and Journey to the West, this study illustrates how writing and reading in early modern China became fused with a theatrical imagination in response to destabilizing social and political forces |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Wu, Cheng'en, approximately 1500-approximately 1582. Xi you ji.
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SUBJECT |
Shui hu zhuan. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80131227
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Shui hu zhuan fast |
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Xi you ji (Wu, Cheng'en) fast |
Subject |
Chinese fiction -- Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368 -- History and criticism
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Chinese fiction -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 -- History and criticism
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Theater in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General.
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Chinese fiction
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Chinese fiction -- Ming dynasty
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Theater in literature
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Yuan Dynasty (China)
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2010046686 |
ISBN |
9789004195936 |
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9004195939 |
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