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On thrones of gold, three Javanese shadow plays / edited with an introduction by James R. Brandon.
LIBRA Special PN1980 .B63
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brandon, James R., compiler.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wayang plays.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumbered pages, xvi pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 407 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations (part color). ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 1970.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Plays; Wajang in Performance; The Translations
- The reincarnation of Rama (Wahju Purba Sedjati).
- Irawan's wedding (Irawan rabi).
- The death of Karna (Karna tanding)
- Appendixes: Gending and Their Dramatic Function; Suluk and Their Dramatic Function; Basic Fighting Movements: a section of the Flower Battle.
- Notes:
- "English versions ... from the standard Javanese wajang kulit repertory.".
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-381) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0674637755 :
- OCLC:
- 110834
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