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A Topsy-Turvy World: Short Plays and Farces from the Ming and Qing Dynasties

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A Topsy-Turvy World: Short Plays and Farces from the Ming and Qing Dynasties - Idema, Wilt (Editor), and Li, Wai-Yee (Editor), and West, Stephen H (Editor)
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A Topsy-Turvy World presents English translations of shorter late Ming and early Qing plays. Satirical and often earthy, these mostly one-act plays provide a glimpse of Chinese daily life and mores even as they question or subvert the boundaries of social, moral, and political order.

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A Topsy-Turvy World: Short Plays and Farces from the Ming and Qing Dynasties 2023, Columbia University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780231208970

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A Topsy-Turvy World: Short Plays and Farces from the Ming and Qing Dynasties 2023, Columbia University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780231208963

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