TY  - GEN
T1  - A topsy-turvy world : short plays and farces from the Ming and Qing dynasties
T2  - Translations from the Asian classics.
LA  - English
LA  - Chinese
PP  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
YR  - 2023
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_on1377283194
AB  - "The high literary Yuan zaju plays and Ming chuanqi plays are well-represented in English translation, but the slightly later short plays (sometimes also called zaju) of the late Ming and early Qing have been long looked down upon and ignored as pedantic closet drama. Research of recent decades has created a quite different image: whereas chuanqi plays tended to strictly conform to genre rules, these short plays offered a space for experimentation, not only in formal aspects, but also in terms of content. Short plays were very much the genre in which Ming literati displayed their daring originality, eccentric personality, and withering criticism of contemporary social conditions, as well as their outrageous wit. A representative selection of these short plays will fill an obvious gap, and the editors see a need for such a volume in courses"--
CN  - PL2596
SN  - 023155771X
SN  - 9780231557719
SN  - 9780231208963
SN  - 9780231208970
KW  - Chinese drama : Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 : Translations into English.
KW  - Chinese drama : Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 : Translations into English.
KW  - LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / Chinese
KW  - Chinese drama
KW  - Chinese drama : Ming dynasty
KW  - Qing Dynasty (China)
KW  - 1368-1912
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - Translations
ER  -