TY - BOOK AU - Mei,Chun ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The novel and theatrical imagination in early modern China T2 - Sinica Leidensia, AV - PL2432.5 .M45 2011eb U1 - 895.1/34809 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Boston PB - Brill KW - Wu, Cheng'en, KW - Shui hu zhuan KW - Chinese fiction KW - Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368 KW - History and criticism KW - Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 KW - Theater in literature KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Part I. Xi in early modern context. Theatrum mundi: the theatrical, the playful, the ephemeral; the structuring of Xi in illustrations and a prologue theatrical -- Part II. Playful theatricals : Shuihu zhuan and Xiyou ji. Staging, spectacles, and acts of recognition; Staging, mimicry, and acts of appropriation; Acting, quren, and the authenticity of incongruity; Acting, jiaren, and the artifice of congruity; Viewing : perceptive and fleshly eyes -- Part III. Didactic theater versus playful theatricals : tropes of theater in Zhishang chuntai and Wusheng xi; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10470560 ER -