LEADER 03462nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910807160303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-12027-5 010 $a9786613120274 010 $a90-04-19593-9 024 7 $a10.1163/ej.9789004191662.i-277 035 $a(CKB)2670000000092656 035 $a(EBL)717562 035 $a(OCoLC)727944964 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000502853 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12148493 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000502853 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10527601 035 $a(PQKB)10186109 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC717562 035 $a(OCoLC)682903107 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004195936 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL717562 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10470560 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL312027 035 $a(PPN)170414922 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000092656 100 $a20101116d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$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 $aThe cultural fascination with and imagination of theater has long been overlooked as an important historical and literary context for reading Water Margin and Journey to the West . This study focuses on the concept of ?the theatrical? to read those novels and their commentaries. Imbued with performances, playacting, spectacles, and spectatorship, the early modern theatrical novel borrowed heavily from theater to conflate the theatrical and the real, juggle theatrical roles, persons, and identities, and contest orthodoxies by challenging and appropriating sites of control and authority. This study showcases the theatrical novel?s unique position as a new form of literati self-representation in response to the destabilizing social and political forces of early modern China. 410 0$aSinica Leidensia ;$vv. 101. 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. 676 $a895.1/34809 700 $aMei$b Chun$f1976-$01717603 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807160303321 996 $aThe novel and theatrical imagination in early modern China$94113954 997 $aUNINA