A Topsy-Turvy World: Short Plays and Farces from the Ming and Qing Dynasties by Idema, Wilt
A Topsy-Turvy World: Short Plays and Farces from the Ming and Qing Dynasties by Idema, Wilt

A Topsy-Turvy World: Short Plays and Farces from the Ming and Qing Dynasties

Playwriting in many forms flourished during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Shorter theatrical genres in...
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Author: Wilt Idema
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A Topsy-Turvy World: Short Plays and Farces from the Ming and Qing Dynasties by Idema, Wilt

A Topsy-Turvy World: Short Plays and Farces from the Ming and Qing Dynasties

$151.52
A Topsy-Turvy World: Short Plays and Farces from the Ming and Qing Dynasties by Idema, Wilt

A Topsy-Turvy World: Short Plays and Farces from the Ming and Qing Dynasties

$151.52
Author: Wilt Idema
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Playwriting in many forms flourished during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Shorter theatrical genres in particular offered playwrights opportunities for experimentation with both dramatic form and social critique. Despite their originality and wit, these short plays have been overshadowed by the lengthy masterpieces of the southern drama tradition.

A Topsy-Turvy World presents English translations of shorter sixteenth-to-eighteenth-century plays, spotlighting a lesser-known side of Chinese drama. Satirical and often earthy, these mostly one-act plays depict deceit, dissembling, reversed gender roles, and sudden upending of fortunes. With zest and humor, they portray henpecked husbands, supercilious and lustful monks, all-too-human sage kings, disgruntled officials, and overreaching young scholars. These plays provide a glimpse of Chinese daily life and mores even as they question or subvert the boundaries of social, moral, and political order.

Each translation is preceded by a short introduction that describes the play's author, context, formal qualities, and textual history. A Topsy-Turvy World offers a new view of a significant period in the development of the Chinese theatrical tradition and provides insight into the role of drama as cultural critique.

Author: Wilt Idema
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 10/10/2023
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.68lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.00w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780231208970
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