Text, performance, and gender in Chinese literature and music : essays in honor of Wilt Idema / edited by Maghiel van Crevel, Tian Yuan Tan, Michel Hockx.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Idema, W. L. (Wilt L.)

Crevel, Maghiel van.

Tan, Tian Yuan.

Hockx, Michel.

Series:

Sinica Leidensia ; v. 92.

Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; v. 92

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Idema, W. L. (Wilt L.).

Idema, W. L.

Chinese literature--History and criticism.

Chinese literature.

Music--China--History and criticism.

Music.

China--In literature.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (480 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Wilt Idema is one of the world's leading scholars and translators of Chinese literature, with research interests ranging from classical poetry to premodern fiction, performance literature and women's writing. His oeuvre is exceptional in its inclusiveness and its ability to let different historical periods, genres and issues speak to one another, and to make the riches of Chinese literature accessible to a wide range of readers. In honor of his work, this collection brings together new research by twenty-two prominent scholars in a field of tremendous scope and diversity, on topics including genre characteristics, literary representations of social and political history, gender and cultural identity, music, autobiography, women's writing, internet literature and more.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / M. Van Crevel , M. Hockx and T.Y. Tan

Introduction / M. Van Crevel , M. Hockx and T.Y. Tan

A Poetic Narrative Of Change: Du Fu’s Poetic Sequence \'Going Out The Passes: First Series\' / Stephen Owen

Autobiographical Features In Bai Juyi’s \'Biography Of The Maestro Of Mellow Versification\' / Victor H. Mair and Rostislav Berezkin

Luo Binwang’s Defense Of A Jilted Lady: \'Amorous Feelings: On Behalf Of Miss Guo Sent To Lu Zhaolin\' / David R. Knechtges

The Fall Of Former Shu In 925: An Eyewitness Account / Glen Dudbridge

The Elder Of The Eastern Hall Reforms A Prodigal Son: A Play By Qin Jianfu / Robert E. Hegel

Time Management And Self-Control: Self-Help Guides In Yuan / Stephen H. West

Rethinking LI Kaixian’s Editorship Of Revised Plays By Yuan Masters: A Comparison With His Banter About Lyrics / Tian Yuan Tan

Singing In Place Of Screaming: Subversion As Satire In Late Imperial China / Kimberly Besio

The Shape Of Things: Locating The Self In Xu Wei’s Zen Master Yu Has A Voluptuous Dream / Shiamin Kwa

Passion And Chastity: Meng Chengshun And The Fall Of The Ming / Katherine Carlitz

The Representation Of Sovereignty In Chinese Vernacular Fiction / Xiaofei Tian

Music And Dramatic Lyricism In Hong Sheng’s Palace Of Eternal Life / Ayling Wang

Between Performance, Manuscript, And Print: Imagining The Musical Text In Seventeenth-Century Plays And Songbooks / Judith T. Zeitlin

Guangdong’s Talented Women Of The Eighteenth Century / Ellen Widmer

Unorthodox Female Figures In Zhu Suxian’s Linked Rings Of Jade / Siao-Chen Hu

The Poetess And The Precept Master: A Selection Of Daoist Poems By Gu Taiqing / Beata Grant

In Search Of A Genuine Chinese Sound: Jiang Wenye And Modern Chinese Music / David Der-Wei Wang

The Guo Guan Ritual Shadow Play Of Huanxian / Frank Kouwenhoven and Antoinet Schimmelpenninck

Rejective Poetry Sound And Sense In Yi Sha / Maghiel Van Crevel

Master Of The Web: Chen Cun And The Continuous Avant-Garde / Michel Hockx

Wilt Idema: A Bibliography / M. Van Crevel , M. Hockx and T.Y. Tan

Notes On Contributors / M. Van Crevel , M. Hockx and T.Y. Tan

Index / M. Van Crevel , M. Hockx and T.Y. Tan.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-95087-8

9786612950872

90-474-4141-9

OCLC:

695990266

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004179066.i-468 DOI