A Glossary of Words and Phrases in the Oral Performing and Dramatic Literatures of the Jin, Yuan, and Ming

For many years, the oral performing and dramatic literatures of China from 1200 to 1600 CE were considered some of the most difficult texts in the Chinese corpus. They included ballad medleys, comic farces, Yuan music dramas, Ming music dramas, and the novel Shuihu zhuan. The Japanese scholars who f...

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Main Author: Johnson, Dale R. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press 2020
Series:Michigan Monographs In Chinese Studies 89
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