West / Idema The Orphan of Zhao and Other Yuan Plays

The Earliest Known Versions
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-231-53810-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 408 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

Reihe: Translations from the Asian Classics

The zaju in this volume explore the consequences of loyalty and betrayal, ambition and enlightenment, and piety and drunkenness.

Autoren/Hrsg.

West, Stephen

West, Stephen H.

Idema, Wilt

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Übersetzung, Editionstechnik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Sammlungen, Anthologien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
A Note to the Reader
Table of Dynasties
Introduction
Conventions
1. The Orphan of Zhao
The Orphan of Zhao, Fourteenth-Century Edition
The Orphan of Zhao Greatly Wreaks Vengeance, A Selection of Yuan Plays Edition
2. Huo Guang Remonstrates as a Ghost
Newly Printed in Hangzhou with Plot Prompts: Huo Guang Remonstrates as a Ghost, a Fourteenth-Century Edition
3. Xue Rengui Returns Home Clad in Brocade
A Newly Cut Full Text: Xue Rengui Returns Home Clad in Brocade, with the Complete Prompts, a Fourteenth-Century Edition
A Selection of Yuan Plays Edition of the Zaju Xue Rengui Returns Home in Glory
4. The Bamboo-Leaf Boat
Newly Cut with Plot Prompts: Chen Jiqing Is Enlightened to the Way on a Bamboo-Leaf Boat
A Selection of Yuan Plays Edition of the Zaju Chen Jiqing Mistakenly Boards a Bamboo-Leaf Boat
5. Tippler Zhao Yuan Encounters the Prior Emperor
Newly Cut with Plot Prompts: Tippler Zhao Yuan Encounters the Prior Emperor, a Fourteenth-Century Edition
Tippler Zhao Yuan Encounters the Prior Emperor, a Ming Manuscript Edition
6. The Affair of the Eastern Window Exposed
Newly Printed at the Great Capital, a Complete Text with Plot Prompts: The Affair of the Eastern Window Exposed, a Fourteenth-Century Edition
7. Little Butcher Zhang Immolates His Child to Save His Mother
Newly Printed in Hangzhou: Little Butcher Zhang Immolates His Child to Save His Mother, a Fourteenth-Century Edition
Works Cited and Suggested Readings

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen H. West is Foundation Professor of Chinese at Arizona State University and professor emeritus in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Berkeley. With Wilt L. Idema, he recently has edited three collections of Chinese drama: Monks, Bandits, and Lovers: Eleven Early Chinese Plays; Battles, Betrayals, and Brotherhood: Early Chinese Plays on the Three Kingdoms Period; and The Generals of the Yang Family: Four Early Plays.

Wilt L. Idema is Research Professor of Chinese literature at Harvard University and has published widely in both English and Dutch, especially on Chinese drama and fiction. Among his publications are A Guide to Chinese Literature; The Red Brush: Writing Women in Imperial China; Meng Jiangnü Brings Down the Great Wall: Ten Versions of a Chinese Legend; and The Resurrected Skeleton: From Zhuangzi to Lu Xun.