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200 14$aThe novel and theatrical imagination in early modern China$b[electronic resource] /$fby Mei Chun
210   $aBoston $cBrill$d2011
215   $a1 online resource (289 p.)
225 1 $aSinica Leidensia,$x0169-9563 ;$vv. 101
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a90-04-19166-6 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aIntroduction -- 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.
330   $aThe cultural fascination with and imagination of theater has long been overlooked as an important historical and literary context for reading Water Margin and Journey to the West . This study focuses on the concept of ?the theatrical? to read those novels and their commentaries. Imbued with performances, playacting, spectacles, and spectatorship, the early modern theatrical novel borrowed heavily from theater to conflate the theatrical and the real, juggle theatrical roles, persons, and identities, and contest orthodoxies by challenging and appropriating sites of control and authority. This study showcases the theatrical novel?s unique position as a new form of literati self-representation in response to the destabilizing social and political forces of early modern China.
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606   $aChinese fiction$yYuan dynasty, 1260-1368$xHistory and criticism
606   $aChinese fiction$yMing dynasty, 1368-1644$xHistory and criticism
606   $aTheater in literature
615  0$aChinese fiction$xHistory and criticism.
615  0$aChinese fiction$xHistory and criticism.
615  0$aTheater in literature.
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