The Columbia Anthology of Yuan Drama (Translations from the

The Columbia Anthology of Yuan Drama (Translations from the Asian Classics)

This anthology features translations of ten seminal plays written during the Yuan dynasty (1279â€“1368), a period considered the golden age of Chinese theater. By turns lyrical and earthy, sentimental and ironic, Yuan drama spans a broad emotional, linguistic, and stylistic range. Combining sung arias with declaimed verses and doggerels, dialogues and mime, and jokes and acrobatic feats, Yuan drama formed a vital part of China's culture of performance and entertainment in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

To date, few Yuan-dynasty plays have been translated into English. Well-known translators and scholars have supervised the making of this collection and add a short description to each play. A general introduction situates all selections within their cultural and historical contexts.
Country USA
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The Columbia Anthology of Yuan Drama (Translations from the Asian Classics)