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Author Wang, Shifu, 1260-1316.

Title The story of the western wing / Wang Shifu ; edited and translated with an introduction by Stephen H. West and Wilt L. Idema
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1995

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 328 pages) : illustrations
Summary "China's most important love comedy, Wang Shifu's Xixiangji, or The Story of the Western Wing, is a rollicking play that chronicles the adventures of the star-crossed lovers Oriole and Student Zhang. Since its appearance in the thirteenth century, it has enjoyed unparalleled popularity. The play has given rise to innumerable sequels, parodies, and rewritings it has influenced countless later plays, short stories, and novels and has played a crucial role in the development of drama criticism. This translation of the full and complete text of the earliest extant version is available in paperback for the first time. The editors' introduction will inform students of Chinese cultural and literary traditions."--Publisher description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-325) and index
Notes English
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Subject Chinese fiction -- Yuan dynasty, 1206-1368 -- Translations into English
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General.
Chinese fiction
Genre/Form Translations
Form Electronic book
Author West, Stephen H
Idema, W. L. (Wilt L.)
ISBN 9780520916739
0520916735
0585266158
9780585266152
Other Titles Xi xiang ji. English