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The romance of the western chamber (Hsi Hsiang chi) : a Chinese play written in the thirteenth century / translated by S.I. Hsiung ; with a preface by Gordon Bottomley.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wang, Shifu, 1260-1316
- Standardized Title:
- Xi xiang ji. English
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Penn Provenance:
- Speiser, Maurice J. (Maurice Joseph), b. 1880 (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- Speiser, Mrs. (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxiii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 280 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Other Title:
- Romance of the western chamber
- Western chamber
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [1936]
- Notes:
- With a half-title in Chinese.
- "'The Romance of the Western Chamber' is really an artistic play, written in the thirteenth century by perhaps two of our great poets. It is generally believed that Wang Shih-fu wrote the first four parts and Kwang Han-ch'ing wrote the Continuation, but some say it is vice versa."--Introduction, p. xviii.
- Price from dust-jacket: $2.00
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy has dust-jacket retained.
- OCLC:
- 1649559
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