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No and Bunraku: Two Forms of Japanese Theatre

No and Bunraku: Two Forms of Japanese Theatre

by D Keene (Author)

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    Paperback 1990

    $33.75
Synopsis

Donald Keene combines informative works on two forms of classical Japanese theater into a single volume. The No text looks at all aspects of this traditional theater form including its history, its stage and props, the use of music and dance in its performances, the plays as literature, and the aesthetics of No. Also discussed are Kyogen, the comic farces that are typically interspersed with the solemn No dramas.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 199
 Edition: Morningside Ed
 Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 19 Dec 1990
ISBN 10: 0231074190
ISBN 13: 9780231074193
Book Overview: Donald Keene combines informative works on two forms of classical Japanese theater into a single volume. The No text looks at all aspects of this traditional theater form including its history, its stage and props, the use of music and dance in its performances, the plays as literature, and the aesthetics of No. Also discussed are Kyogen, the comic farces that are typically interspersed with the solemn No dramas.

Author Bio
Donald Keene, Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature at Columbia University, has written, edited or translated more than thirty books, many of them published by Columbia University Press. Keene has received numerous honors in both the United States and Japan, and was recently elected the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.