Monks, Bandits, Lovers, and Immortals

Monks, Bandits, Lovers, and Immortals
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Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Total Pages : 522
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ISBN-10 : 9781603843034
ISBN-13 : 1603843035
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Download or read book Monks, Bandits, Lovers, and Immortals written by and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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