The Story of the Western Wing - Softcover

Wang, Shi-fu; Idema, Wilt L.; West, Stephen H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520201841 ISBN 13: 9780520201842

Verlag: University of California Press, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

China's most important love comedy, Wang Shifu's Xixiangji, or The Story of the Western Wing, is a rollicking play that chronicles the adventures of the star-crossed lovers Oriole and Student Zhang. Since its appearance in the thirteenth century, it has enjoyed unparalleled popularity. The play has given rise to innumerable sequels, parodies, and rewritings; it has influenced countless later plays, short stories, and novels and has played a crucial role in the development of drama criticism. This translation of the full and complete text of the earliest extant version is available in paperback for the first time. The editors' introduction will inform students of Chinese cultural and literary traditions.

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Stephen H. West is Professor of East Asian Languages at the University of California, Berkeley. Wilt L. Idema is Professor of Chinese Languages and Literatures at Leiden University.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of California Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0520201841
• ISBN 13: 9780520201842
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 344
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