Mistress and Maid (Jiohong Ji) by Meng Chengshun

Name: Mistress and Maid (Jiohong Ji) by Meng Chengshun
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ISBN: 9780231121699

ISBN-10: 0231121695

ISBN-13: 9780231121699

Edition: 2000

Authors: Cyril Birch, Cyril Birch

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Mistress Maid,one of the greatest tragedies of Chinese drama, is here available for the first time in English. Acclaimed translator Cyril Birch presents the bittersweet tale of Bella, daughter of the Wang family, her maid Petal, and the young scholar Shen Chun. After her father reneges on her marital pact, Bella refuses to renounce her love for Shen, with whom she has vowed to share "in life one room, in death one tomb." The subversion of both conventional morality and the arranged marriage through vivid drama and witty comic scenes makes this seventeenth-century play particularly innovative. Chinese critics have hailed it as essentially revolutionary for its depiction of youthful…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 3/16/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.90" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English




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