Scenes for Mandarins: The Elite Theater of the Ming (Translations from the Asian Classics)

by Cyril Birch (Author)

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Paperback
1999
$39.31

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 278
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 22 Apr 1999
ISBN 10: 0231102631
ISBN 13: 9780231102636
Book Overview: The first introduction to the classical Chinese theater of Ming drama contains highlights from six of the best plays of the period and lively commentary on each, providing the context necessary for Western readers to grasp the scope of the genre.

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This book will be a godsend . . . an imaginative excursion into the world of the drama together with a generous sampling of translated scenes.

Author Bio

Cyril Birch is professor emeritus in the Department of East Asian Languages at the University of California at Berkeley. Among the many books he has written, translated, and edited are Stories from a Ming Collection (1968), Studies in Chinese Literary Genres, The Peony Pavilionand, with Donald Keene, Anthology of Chinese Literature (1987).