1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462670703321

Autore

Idema W. L (Wilt L.)

Titolo

Generals of the yang family : four early plays / / Wilt L. Idema, Stephen H. West

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack, New Jersey ; ; Singapore : , : World Century : , : World Scientific, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

981-4508-69-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WestStephen H

Disciplina

895.1/2008

Soggetti

Chinese drama

Electronic books.

China History Song dynasty, 960-1279 Drama

China History Xi Xia dynasty, 1038-1227 Drama

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Table of Dynasties; Conventions; 1. The Eighth Great Prince Opens a Proclamation and Saves a Loyal Vassal; Opening Act; Act 2; Wedge; Act 3; Act 4; 2. At Bright Sky Pagoda Meng Liang Steals the Bones; Act  I; Act 2; Act 3; Act 4; 3· Xie ]inwu Underhandedly Tears Down Clear Breeze Mansion; Wedge; Act 1; Act 2; Act 3; Act 4; 4· Yang Six Lines Up His Troops to Defeat the Heavenly Array; Wedge; Act  I; Act 2; Act 3; Act 4; Appendix 1: A Summary of Expanded Account of the Loyalty and Bravery over Successive Generations of the Yang Family; Summary

Appendix 2: A Summary of the Relevant Chapters from An Account of  [The Prince] of Southern Song And a Summary of An Account of the Northern SongSummary: Account of the Northern Song; Appendix 3: The Ming Play The Three Passes; Summary; Appendix 4: The Theft of the Bones: Three Versions; The Second Theft of the Bones; The First Theft of the Bones; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a complete translation of four early plays of the Yang Family Generals. The story of the Yang Family Generals, particularly its female generals, was a perennial favorite on the Chinese stage in the



19th and 20th centuries. In detailing the role of this military family in the Song-Khitan wars of the late 10th and early 11th centuries, these four plays are all in the form of <i>zaju</i>, a type of play that originated in the 13th century. These plays are from the 15th and 16th centuries and allow a glimpse into earlier renditions of the Yang Family saga, which is a decidedly mor

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781569303321

Autore

Peters Scott J (Scott Joseph)

Titolo

Democracy and higher education [[electronic resource] ] : traditions and stories of civic engagement / / Scott J. Peters ; with Theodore R. Alter and Neil Schwartzbach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-62895-161-3

1-60917-216-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 p.)

Collana

Transformations in higher education : the scholarship of engagement

Altri autori (Persone)

AlterTheodore R

SchwartzbachNeil

Disciplina

378/.015

Soggetti

Democracy and education - United States

Education, Higher - United States - Administration

Equality - United States

Education, Humanistic - Philosophy

United States Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The public purposes and work question in American higher education. Answering the public purposes and work question ; Questioning the answers ; Developing and using practitioner profiles -- Practitioner profiles. Reaching outside the compartmentalized structure: a profile of Molly Jahn ; It isn't rocket science: a profile of Ken Reardon ; The making is the learning: a profile of Paula Horrigan ; Every interaction is an educational opportunity: a profile of Daniel J. Decker ; To be in there, in the thick of it: a profile of Marcia Eames-Sheavely ; I never set



myself up as somebody special: a profile of Antonio DiTommaso ; Is it your problem, or is it a social problem? A profile of Tom Lyson ; My path has been different from my predecessors': a profile of Marvin Pritts ; The expert in the middle: a profile of Frank Rossi ; Leapfrogging back and forth: a profile of John Sipple ; I feel like a missionary: a profile of Tom Maloney ; A sense of communion: a profile of Anu Rangarajan -- Learning from profiles and practice stories. Lessons.

Sommario/riassunto

How are we to understand the nature and value of higher education's public purposes, mission, and work in a democratic society? How do-and how should-academic professionals contribute to and participate in civic life in their practices as scholars, scientists, and educators?   Democracy and Higher Education addresses these questions by combining an examination of several normative traditions of civic engagement in American higher education with the presentation and interpretation of a dozen oral history profiles of contemporary practitioners. In his analysis of these pr