
The Invention of Li Yu
Patrick Hanan(Author)
Harvard University Press
Published on 5. February 1988
Book
Hardback
281 pages
978-0-674-33226-3 (ISBN)
Description
Li Yu, 1610-1680, was a brilliant comic writer and entertainer, a thoroughgoing professional whose life was in his work-plays, stories, a novel, criticism, essays, and poems. Hanan places him in the society of his day, where even his precarious livelihood, his constant search for patronage, did not dampen his versatility, his irreverent wit, or his jocund spirit. Li was an exceptional figure in Chinese culture for two reasons: his disregard of the authority of tradition, and his dedication to the cause of comedy.
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Edition
Reprint 2014 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
5 s/w Abbildungen
5 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
587 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-674-33226-3 (9780674332263)
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Person
Hanan Patrick:
Mr. Hanan is Professor of Chinese Literature, Harvard University.