Worldly stage theatricality in seventeenth-century China Sophie Volpp

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge Harvard University Asia Center 2011Description: 371 SISBN:
  • 9780674021440
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Contents:
Introduction -- Significance of theatricality in seventeenth-century China -- Performance practice and stage architecture -- Theatricality and pedagogy in Tang Xianzu's Mudan Ting (The Peony Pavilion) -- Illusion and allusion: the theatricality of gender and history in Wang Jide's Nan Wanghou (The male queen) -- Literary consumption of actors in seventeenth-century China -- Storyteller Liu Jingting : the theatricality of the "vernacular" in Kong Shangren's Taohua Shan (The peach blossom fan) -- Conclusion..
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Significance of theatricality in seventeenth-century China -- Performance practice and stage architecture -- Theatricality and pedagogy in Tang Xianzu's Mudan Ting (The Peony Pavilion) -- Illusion and allusion: the theatricality of gender and history in Wang Jide's Nan Wanghou (The male queen) -- Literary consumption of actors in seventeenth-century China -- Storyteller Liu Jingting : the theatricality of the "vernacular" in Kong Shangren's Taohua Shan (The peach blossom fan) -- Conclusion..

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