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This magnificent collection of eleven early [1250–1450] Chinese plays will give readers a vivid sense of life and a clear understanding of dramatic literature during an extraordinarily eventful period in Chinese history. Not only are the eleven plays in this volume expertly translated into lively, idiomatic English; they are each provided with illuminating, scholarly introductions that are yet fully intelligible to the educated lay reader. A marvelous volume.--Victor Mair, University of Pennsylvania

Monks, Bandits, Lovers, and Immortals: Eleven Early Chinese Plays

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This magnificent collection of eleven early [1250–1450] Chinese plays will give readers a vivid sense of life and a clear... Read more

    Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
    Publication Date: 01/03/2010
    ISBN13: 9781603842013, 978-1603842013
    ISBN10: 1603842012

    Number of Pages: 512

    Non Fiction , History

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    This magnificent collection of eleven early [1250–1450] Chinese plays will give readers a vivid sense of life and a clear understanding of dramatic literature during an extraordinarily eventful period in Chinese history. Not only are the eleven plays in this volume expertly translated into lively, idiomatic English; they are each provided with illuminating, scholarly introductions that are yet fully intelligible to the educated lay reader. A marvelous volume.--Victor Mair, University of Pennsylvania

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