A Topsy-Turvy World: Short Plays and Farces from the Ming and Qing Dynasties - Translations from the Asian Classics - Stephen H. West-Wilt Idema-Wai-Yee Li - Books - Columbia University Press - 9780231208963 - October 10, 2023
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A Topsy-Turvy World: Short Plays and Farces from the Ming and Qing Dynasties - Translations from the Asian Classics

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A Topsy-Turvy World presents English translations of shorter late Ming and early Qing plays. Satirical and often earthy, these mostly one-act plays provide a glimpse of Chinese daily life and mores even as they question or subvert the boundaries of social, moral, and political order.


440 pages

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Released October 10, 2023
ISBN13 9780231208963
Publishers Columbia University Press
Pages 432
Dimensions 264 × 185 × 29 mm   ·   956 g
Language English  
Editor Idema, Wilt (Professor of Chinese Literature, Harvard University)
Editor Li, Wai-yee (Harvard University)
Editor West, Stephen H.

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