Injustice to Tou O (Tou O Yüan): A Study and Translation (Princeton/Cambridge Studies in Chinese Linguistics, Series Number 4) - Softcover

Chung-Wen, Shih

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521097398 ISBN 13: 9780521097390

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1973

Synopsis

A study and translation of Tou O Yüan, a traditional Chinese drama by Kuan Hanch'ing, the leading playwright of the Yüan period (1279-1368). The play remained a popular favourite and is still performed in the Peking opera theatres in a revised version, under the title Snow in Midsummer. In her very full introduction Professor Shih discusses the literary and historical background to the play - the language and conventions of Yüan drama and its remarkable emergence under Mongol rule. The format used for the play itself represents an innovation in the presentation of materials for the students of Chinese literature and language. Each section of text (in Chinese characters) has an interlinear transliteration and literal translation, with a free translation, notes and commentary on the facing page.

About this title

Book Description:

A study and translation of Tou O Yüan, a traditional Chinese drama by Kuan Hanch'ing, the leading playwright of the Yüan period (1279-1368). In her very full introduction Professor Shih discusses the literary and historical background to the play - the language and conventions of Yüan drama and its remarkable emergence under Mongol rule.

About the Author:

Chung-wen Shih is professor emeritus of East Asian languages and literatures at George Washington University. She is the author of "A Guide to China's Cosmopolitan Age," as well as two PBS film documentaries, "China's Cosmopolitan Age: The Tang" and "Return from Silence: China's Revolutionary Writers." She lives in Washington, D.C.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0521097398
• ISBN 13: 9780521097390
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 408