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The novel and theatrical imagination in early modern China [electronic resource] /

by Mei, Chun; ProQuest (Firm).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Sinica Leidensia: v. 101.Publisher: Boston : Brill, 2011Description: xii, 277 p.ISBN: ; .Subject(s): Wu, Cheng'en, ca. 1500-ca. 1582. Xi you ji | Shui hu zhuan | Chinese fiction -- Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368 -- History and criticism | Chinese fiction -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 -- History and criticism | Theater in literature | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I. Xi in early modern context. Theatrum mundi: the theatrical, the playful, the ephemeral; the structuring of Xi in illustrations and a prologue theatrical -- Part II. Playful theatricals : Shuihu zhuan and Xiyou ji. Staging, spectacles, and acts of recognition; Staging, mimicry, and acts of appropriation; Acting, quren, and the authenticity of incongruity; Acting, jiaren, and the artifice of congruity; Viewing : perceptive and fleshly eyes -- Part III. Didactic theater versus playful theatricals : tropes of theater in Zhishang chuntai and Wusheng xi.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Part I. Xi in early modern context. Theatrum mundi: the theatrical, the playful, the ephemeral; the structuring of Xi in illustrations and a prologue theatrical -- Part II. Playful theatricals : Shuihu zhuan and Xiyou ji. Staging, spectacles, and acts of recognition; Staging, mimicry, and acts of appropriation; Acting, quren, and the authenticity of incongruity; Acting, jiaren, and the artifice of congruity; Viewing : perceptive and fleshly eyes -- Part III. Didactic theater versus playful theatricals : tropes of theater in Zhishang chuntai and Wusheng xi.

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