Mei, Chun, 1976-
The novel and theatrical imagination in early modern China [electronic resource] / by Mei Chun. - Boston : Brill, 2011. - xii, 277 p. - Sinica Leidensia, v. 101 0169-9563 ; . - Sinica Leidensia ; v. 101. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- 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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Wu, Cheng'en, ca. 1500-ca. 1582. Xi you ji.
Shui hu zhuan.
Chinese fiction--History and criticism.--Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368
Chinese fiction--History and criticism.--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Theater in literature.
Electronic books.
PL2432.5 / .M45 2011eb
895.1/34809
The novel and theatrical imagination in early modern China [electronic resource] / by Mei Chun. - Boston : Brill, 2011. - xii, 277 p. - Sinica Leidensia, v. 101 0169-9563 ; . - Sinica Leidensia ; v. 101. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- 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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Wu, Cheng'en, ca. 1500-ca. 1582. Xi you ji.
Shui hu zhuan.
Chinese fiction--History and criticism.--Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368
Chinese fiction--History and criticism.--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Theater in literature.
Electronic books.
PL2432.5 / .M45 2011eb
895.1/34809