Focusing on two late-Ming or early-Qing plays central to the Chinese canon, this thought-provoking study explores crucial questions concerning personal identity. How is a person, as opposed to a ghost or animal, to be defined? How can any specific person (as distinguished, for example, from an impostor or twin) be identified? Both plays are chuanqi, representatives of a monumental genre that represents Chinese dramatic literature at its most complex: Tang Xianzu's Peony Pavilion is a romantic comedy in 55 acts, and Kong Shangren's Peach Blossom Fan narrates the fall of...

This work traces how political questions were addressed in late imperial Chinese fiction through extreme situations such as husbands and wives torn apart in periods of political upheaval and families so disrupted that incestuous encounters became inevitable.

An engaging fairy tale about musical adventures of John and Mary. Children get acquainted with the basic music theory concepts in an easy and entertaining way. Funny characters - the Note-Gnomes, Drum Master, beat counter Tic-Tock and others keep a child's interest through the whole story. Elegant, delicate style of illustrations instils in children an artistic taste, warmth and sincerity of expression. Entertaining / Engaging / Educative. For children of 6 to 11 years of age.