02927nam 2200637 a 450 991078854760332120200520144314.01-283-61385-90-7391-3859-69786613926302(CKB)3360000000435064(EBL)1127665(OCoLC)855502683(SSID)ssj0000750459(PQKBManifestationID)12343347(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000750459(PQKBWorkID)10737603(PQKB)11187468(MiAaPQ)EBC1127665(Au-PeEL)EBL1127665(CaPaEBR)ebr10606746(CaONFJC)MIL392630(EXLCZ)99336000000043506420100225d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPlaywrights and literary games in seventeenth-century China[electronic resource] plays by Tang Xianzu, Mei Dingzuo, Wu Bing, Li Yu, and Kong Shangren /Jing ShenLanham, Md. Lexington Booksc20101 online resource (335 p.)Challenges Facing ChineseDescription based upon print version of record.0-7391-3857-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Playwrights and their circles -- History and criticism of traditional Chinese theater -- Huo Xiaoyu zhuan in Zichai ji -- Liushi zhuan in Yuhe ji -- The poetic constructions of (gendered) identities in Lü mudan -- An ironic perspective on love poeticized in Fengzheng wu --Bimuyu -- Taohua shan.As the first full-length English language survey of China's rich and sophisticated chuanqi drama, Playwrights and Literary Games in Seventeenth-Century China offers detailed analyses of six canonical plays in the broad socio-historical context of late imperial China, supported by the application of both traditional and modern critical theories. Portraying the playwrights as creative readers of their cultural heritage, this study examines their plays as the products of their attachment to traditions and pursuit of novelty to surpass traditions.Challenges Facing ChineseChinese dramaMing dynasty, 1368-1644History and criticismChinese dramaQing dynasty, 1644-1912History and criticismTheaterChinaHistoryDramatists, ChineseChinese dramaHistory and criticism.Chinese dramaHistory and criticism.TheaterHistory.Dramatists, Chinese.895.1/24609Shen Jing1967-1509897MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788547603321Playwrights and literary games in seventeenth-century China3742070UNINA