China's most important love comedy, Wang Shifu's Xixiangji, or The Story of the Western Wing, is a rollicking play that chronicles the adventures of the star-crossed lovers Oriole and Student Zhang. Since its appearance in the thirteenth century, it has enjoyed unparalleled popularity. The play has given rise to innumerable sequels, parodies, and rewritings; it has influenced countless later plays, short stories, and novels and has played a crucial role in the development of drama criticism. This translation of the full and ...
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China's most important love comedy, Wang Shifu's Xixiangji, or The Story of the Western Wing, is a rollicking play that chronicles the adventures of the star-crossed lovers Oriole and Student Zhang. Since its appearance in the thirteenth century, it has enjoyed unparalleled popularity. The play has given rise to innumerable sequels, parodies, and rewritings; it has influenced countless later plays, short stories, and novels and has played a crucial role in the development of drama criticism. This translation of the full and complete text of the earliest extant version is available in paperback for the first time. The editors' introduction will inform students of Chinese cultural and literary traditions.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x1x9; University of California Press, 1990; First Printing with full number line. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very minor wear to edges of tan cloth boards, gilt titling remains bright and bold; text very good. Very minor wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. This is the first translation of the complete text of the earliest extant edition from 1498 of Xixiangji, The Story of the Western Wing, China's most popular love comedy, continuously performed from the 13th century to the present and published in over 100 editions during the last four centuries; includes a preface by Cyril Birth, an extensive introduction by the editors, many woodblock illustrations, and a study of woodblock illustrations by Yao Dajuin (white textured cloth with gold lettering; blue dust jacket with 12th century illustration on the front has some edge wear with a few small edge tears; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy; in stock & available for immediate shipment)
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Very Good. No Jacket. Text is unmarked; pages are bright, though the page edges are lightly age toned. Binding is tight and square. No dust jacket. 503pp.
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Fine. Text block, pages, boards and binding are pristine. Dust wrapper is like new. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.
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Good. Good. Copyright 1991 hardcover//Unmarked pages, uncreased spine, moderate wear, and an area (Max. 4 (long) x 1.75 (deep) inches) of watermark along the bottom edge of dust jacket.
