Master Tung's Western Chamber Romance

This twelfth-century masterpiece suffered virtual oblivion from the late fourteenth century until 1912, when it was rediscovered by the great sinologist Wang Kuo-wei who helped restore it to its preeminent position in Chinese literature. Comprising 184 prose passages and 5,263 lines of verse to be narrated and sung by a performing singer-storyteller, it is an elaboration of the T'ang dynasty love story, The Story of Ying-ying, by Yuan Chen (779-831)

Author: Li-Li Ch'en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 12/01/1994
Pages: 238
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780231101196
ISBN10: 0231101198
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Asian | General
- Literary Collections | Asian | Chinese