{"product_id":"9780231537346","title":"The Columbia Anthology of Yuan Drama","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis anthology features translations of ten seminal plays written during the Yuan dynasty (1279--1368), a period considered the golden age of Chinese theater. By turns lyrical and earthy, sentimental and ironic, Yuan drama spans a broad emotional, linguistic, and stylistic range. Combining sung arias with declaimed verses and doggerels, dialogues and mime, and jokes and acrobatic feats, Yuan drama formed a vital part of China's culture of performance and entertainment in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo date, few Yuan-dynasty plays have been translated into English. Well-known translators and scholars have supervised the making of this collection and add a short description to each play. A general introduction situates all selections within their cultural and historical contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47111656079600,"sku":"9780231537346","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780231537346_p0.jpg?v=1763678971","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780231537346","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}