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Title The Generals of the Yang Family / Wilt L. Idema (Harvard University), Stephen H West (Arizona State University).

Publication Info. New Jersey : World Scientific, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The eighth great prince opens a proclamation and saves a loyal vassal -- At Bright Sky Pagoda Meng Liang steals the bones -- Xie Jinwu underhandedly tears down clear breeze mansion -- Yang Six lines up his troops to defeat the heavenly array.
Summary This book offers a complete translation of four early plays of the Yang family generals. The story of the Yang family generals, particularly its female generals, was a perennial favorite on the Chinese stage in the 19th and 20th centuries. In detailing the role of this military family in the Song-Khitan wars of the mid-12th century, these four plays are all in the form of zaju, a type of play that originated in the 13th century. These plays are from the 15th and 16th centuries and allow a glimpse into earlier renditions of the Yang family saga, which is a decidedly more male-centered tradition than that performed in the Qing dynasty. This volume offers the only complete English-language translation of these early plays. These plays allow access to the earliest phase in the development of the Yang family saga. The plays provide information on the staging of large battle scenes on the stage and have considerable literary and cultural value.
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Subject Yang family -- Drama.
Yang family.
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Yang family.
Chinese drama -- Translations into English.
Chinese drama.
China -- History -- Song dynasty, 960-1279 -- Drama.
China -- History -- Xi Xia dynasty, 1038-1227 -- Drama.
Chronological Term 960 - 1279
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Translations.
Drama.
Added Author Idema, W. L. (Wilt L.)
West, Stephen H.
Other Form: Print version: Generals of the Yang Family 9789814508681 (DLC) 2013017490 (OCoLC)842879874
ISBN 9789814508698 (electronic book)
9814508691 (electronic book)
9789814508681
9814508683
9789814508704 (mb ; alkaline paper)
9789814520560
981452056X