The Peony Pavilion

The Peony Pavilion

《The Peony Pavilion》是Indiana University Press出版的圖書,作者是Tang Xianzu

基本介紹

  • ISBN:9780253215277
  • 作者:Tang Xianzu
  • 出版社:Indiana University Press
  • 出版時間:2002年3月1日
  • 頁數:400
  • 定價:USD 26.00
  • 裝幀:Paperback
  • 原作品:《牡丹亭》
內容簡介
The celebrated English translation of this classic work of Chinese literature is now available in an updated paperback edition. Written in 1598 by Tang Xianzu, The Peony Pavilion is one of literature's most memorable love stories and a masterpiece of Ming drama. Cyril Birch has captured all the elegance, lyricism, and subtle, earthy humor of this panoramic tale of romance and C...(展開全部) The celebrated English translation of this classic work of Chinese literature is now available in an updated paperback edition. Written in 1598 by Tang Xianzu, The Peony Pavilion is one of literature's most memorable love stories and a masterpiece of Ming drama. Cyril Birch has captured all the elegance, lyricism, and subtle, earthy humor of this panoramic tale of romance and Chinese society. When Indiana University Press first published the text in 1981, it seemed doubtful that the work would ever be performed in its entirety again, but several spectacular and controversial productions have toured the world in recent years. For this second edition, which contains a fully revised text of the translation, Cyril Birch and Catherine Swatek reflect on contemporary performances of the play in light of its history. 湯顯祖(1550—1616),江西臨川人。十四歲進學,二十一歲中舉。少年時受學於泰州學派創立者王艮的三傳弟子羅汝芳。泰州學派和當時占統治地位的程朱理學異趣。萬曆三年 (1575),湯顯祖刊印了第一部詩集《紅泉逸草》。次年,他在南京國子監遊學,刊印了第二部詩集《雍藻》(佚)。作於萬曆五年至八年(1577—1580)的詩一百四十三首(題)和賦三篇、贊若干首編為(問棘郵草),曾受到詩人、曲家徐渭的熱情稱讚。從隆慶五年(1571)起,湯顯祖接連四次往北京參加三年一度的進士試。後兩次考試時,他已經頗有文名,受人矚目,卻因謝絕首相張居正的延攬而落選。萬曆五年(1577)考試失利,他試作傳奇《紫簫記》三十四出,全劇未完。 萬曆十一年,張居正逝世的次年,湯顯祖才考中進士。次年秋,任南京太常寺博士。兩年後改任詹事府主簿。後升南京禮部祠祭司主事。湯顯祖一到南京,就捲入新...(展開全部) 湯顯祖(1550—1616),江西臨川人。十四歲進學,二十一歲中舉。少年時受學於泰州學派創立者王艮的三傳弟子羅汝芳。泰州學派和當時占統治地位的程朱理學異趣。萬曆三年 (1575),湯顯祖刊印了第一部詩集《紅泉逸草》。次年,他在南京國子監遊學,刊印了第二部詩集《雍藻》(佚)。作於萬曆五年至八年(1577—1580)的詩一百四十三首(題)和賦三篇、贊若干首編為(問棘郵草),曾受到詩人、曲家徐渭的熱情稱讚。從隆慶五年(1571)起,湯顯祖接連四次往北京參加三年一度的進士試。後兩次考試時,他已經頗有文名,受人矚目,卻因謝絕首相張居正的延攬而落選。萬曆五年(1577)考試失利,他試作傳奇《紫簫記》三十四出,全劇未完。 萬曆十一年,張居正逝世的次年,湯顯祖才考中進士。次年秋,任南京太常寺博士。兩年後改任詹事府主簿。後升南京

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