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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Translation -- Yangzhou and the Local in Chinese Literature: An Introduction / Margaret B. Wan, Roland Altenburger, and Vibeke BÃ?rdahl -- Chapter 1. Revisiting a Dream in a Classic Late-Ming Garden: Zheng Yuanxunâ€?s â€oePersonal Record of the Garden of Shadowsâ€? (Yingyuan zi ji, 1637) / Alison Hardie -- Chapter 2. Storyteller and Adviser: Wu Weiyeâ€?s â€oeBiography of Liu Jingtingâ€? (Liu Jingting zhuan, 1647) / RuÌ?diger Breuer

Chapter 3. Society and Performance in Late- Ming Yangzhou: Four Essays from Zhang Daiâ€?s Dream Reminiscences of Taoâ€?an (Taoâ€?an mengyi, 1670s) / Philip A. KafalasChapter 4. The Moral Panorama of One Place: Shi Chengjinâ€?s Series of Vignettes Recent Stories of Yangzhou (Yangzhou jinshi, prefaces 1726/1729) / Roland Altenburger -- Chapter 5. The Universe in a Nutshell: Wang Zhongâ€?s Essay â€oeDialogue about Guanglingâ€? (Guangling dui, 1787) / Marc Winter

Chapter 6. The Golden Age: Depictions of Life in Yangzhou in Li Douâ€?s The Pleasure Boats of Yangzhou (Yangzhou huafang lu, 1795) / Lucie OlivovÃChapter 7. Building and Gardening Practices in Eighteenth-Century Yangzhou: The View from Li Douâ€?s The Pleasure Boats of Yangzhou (Yangzhou huafang lu, 1795) / Winnie Yuen Lai Chan -- Chapter 8. Observations of a Changing World: Lin Sumenâ€?s Bamboo- Branch-Style Songs Three Hundred Poems of Hanjiang (Hanjiang sanbai yin, 1808) / Roland Altenburger

Chapter 9. Regional Fiction: Clear Wind Sluice (Qingfengzha, 1819) / Margaret B. WanChapter 10. Theater for the People in the Yangzhou Region: Jiao Xun�s Peasant Chats on Popular Local Theater (Huabu nongtan, 1819) / Colin Mackerras -- Chapter 11. Writing about Things in the Nineteenth Century: Scholar Zhou�s Dream of Yangzhou (Yangzhou meng, 1850s) / Antonia Finnane with Fan Xiong -- Chapter 12. A Yangzhou Novel: Hanshang Mengren�s Dream of Romance (Fengyue meng, preface 1848) / Patrick Hanan

Chapter 13. Place and Personality: Ling Xiaâ€?s â€oeSong of the Eight Eccentricsâ€? (Yangzhou ba guai ge, ca. 1897) / Michele MatteiniChapter 14. A Tale of Five Families between Empire and Republic: Li Hanqiuâ€?s Novel The Tides of Guangling (Guangling chao, 1909â€?1919) / Stefan Kuzay -- Chapter 15. Food and Local Place: Zhu Ziqingâ€?s Essay â€oeSpeaking of Yangzhouâ€? (Shuo Yangzhou, 1934) / Antonia Finnane -- Chapter 16. Transformations of Local Theater: The Yangzhou Opera Taking Command at Age One Hundred (Bai sui gua shuai, 1952â€? 1958) / Liu Zhen and Jiang Ji

Summary

A collection of 20 pieces about Yangzhou, each introduced, annotated, and translated. The selections represent a broad array of styles and genres, from elite poetry to popular theater.

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Subject

China -- Yangzhou (Jiangsu Sheng) (OCoLC)fst01328394

Yangzhou (Jiangsu Sheng, China) -- History.

Yangzhou (Jiangsu Sheng, China) -- In literature.

Chinesisch

Literatur

Literature. (OCoLC)fst00999953

Chinese literature. (OCoLC)fst00857595

HISTORY -- Asia -- China.

Chinese literature -- Translations into English.

Genre/Form

Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791

History. (OCoLC)fst01411628

Electronic books.

Added Author

Bordahl, Vibeke.

Wan, Margaret B.

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ISBN

9780824839888

0824854462

0824839889

9780824854461