Title: 关汉卿杂剧选 Selected Plays of Guan Hanqing
Author: （元）关汉卿 Guan Hanqing (Yuan Dynasty)
ISBN: 7-119-03395-6, 978-7-119-03395-2
Series: 大中华文库 Library of Chinese Classics
Publisher: 外文出版社 (Foreign Languages Press)
Language: bilingual classical Chinese (simplified characters), English
Date of Publication:  2004
First Edition
Number of pages: 455 pages
Dimensions: 24 x 16 cm
Binding: Hardcover


Description

Guan Hanqing was the leading playwright of the Yuan Dynasty (1206-1368), and one of China's greatest dramatists. His works are marked by realism, reflecting the social realities of his time and giving special insight into the problems women faced in feudal society.
There are 18 of his plays extant. The eight chosen for this volume are considered the most representative of Guan's art. "Snow in Midsummer" is his most famous play. It depicts the injustice done to Dou E, the heroine, and her resistance to her unjust fate, using an exaggerative artistic technique incisively. "Rescued by A Coquette" has a novel plot marked by a rich comical flavor. "Lord Guan Goes to the Feast" has its own artistic characteristics, paying much attention to foreshadowing before the characters appear on stage. The English translation here was done by Yang Xianyi and his wife Gladys Yang, the most renowned modern translators of Chinese into English.


Contents

感天动地窦娥冤 Snow in Midsummer
包待制智斩鲁斋郎 The Wife-Snatcher
包待制三勘蝴蝶梦 The Butterfly Dream
赵盼儿风月救风尘 Rescued by a Coquette
望江亭中秋切*旦 The Riverside Pavilion
温太真玉镜台 The Jade Mirror-Stand
关大王独赴单刀会 Lord Guan Goes to the Feast
邓夫人苦痛哭存孝 Death of the Winged-Tiger General
Notes
About the translators


Order No.: 48.0868