A Topsy Turvy World Short Plays And Far

Name: A Topsy Turvy World Short Plays And Far
Brand: Columbia University Press

Columbia University Press

A Topsy-Turvy WorldShort Plays and Farces from the Ming and Qing Dynasties\nAuthor(s): Wilt Idema, Wai-yee Li, Stephen H. West\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Columbia University Press, United States\nImprint: Columbia University Press\nISBN-13: 9780231208963, 978-0231208963\nSynopsis\nPlaywriting in many forms flourished during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Shorter theatrical genres in particular offered playwrights opportunities for experimentation with both dramatic form and social critique. Despite their originality and wit, these short plays have been overshadowed by the lengthy masterpieces of the southern drama tradition.\n\nA Topsy-Turvy World presents English translations of shorter sixteenth-to-eighteenth-century plays, spotlighting a lesser-known side of Chinese drama. Satirical and often earthy, these mostly one-act plays depict deceit, dissembling, reversed gender roles, and sudden upending of fortunes. With zest and humor, they portray henpecked husbands, superc.