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Volpp, Sophie 1963-.

Worldly stage theatricality in seventeenth-century China Sophie Volpp - Cambridge Harvard University Asia Center 2011 - 371 S

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Significance of theatricality in seventeenth-century China -- Performance practice and stage architecture -- Theatricality and pedagogy in Tang Xianzu's Mudan Ting (The Peony Pavilion) -- Illusion and allusion: the theatricality of gender and history in Wang Jide's Nan Wanghou (The male queen) -- Literary consumption of actors in seventeenth-century China -- Storyteller Liu Jingting : the theatricality of the "vernacular" in Kong Shangren's Taohua Shan (The peach blossom fan) -- Conclusion..

ISBN: 9780674021440

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Art -- Theatre -- Qing
Art -- Theatre -- Performance -- Qing
Art -- Theatre -- Stage Architecture -- Qing
Literature -- Drama -- Qing