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The fragrant companions : a play about love between women / Li Yu ; translated by Stephen Roddy and Ying Wang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Li, Yu, 1611-1680?, author.
- Series:
- Translations from the Asian Classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Li, Yu, 1611-1680?--Translations into English.
- Li, Yu.
- Lesbians--Drama.
- Lesbians.
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations)--Drama.
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations).
- Genre:
- Lesbian drama.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (396 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- The Fragrant Companions is the most significant work of literature that portrays female same-sex love in the entire premodern Chinese tradition. It is at once an unconventional romantic comedy, a barbed satire, and a sympathetic portrayal of love between women.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Introduction: Women in Love and the Business of Men in Li Yu's Chuanqi Drama
- Dramatis Personae
- The Relationship Between Role Types and Characters
- Note on Editions of Lianxiangban
- List of Scenes
- The Fragrant Companions
- Appendix: Modes and Tunes
- Notes
- Selected Works on Li Yu and Same-Sex Love in Classical Chinese Fiction and Drama
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-231-55640-3
- OCLC:
- 1328133625
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