The Fragrant Companions
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The Fragrant Companions
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Author : Li Yu
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2022-07-12
The Fragrant Companions written by Li Yu and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-12 with Literary Collections categories.
Two young gentry women meet by chance at a nunnery in Yangzhou, where they fall in love at first sight. After they exchange poetry and recognize each other’s literary talents, their emotional bond deepens. They conduct a mock wedding ceremony at the nunnery and hatch a plan to spend the rest of their lives together. Their schemes are stymied by a series of obstacles, but in the end the two women find an unlikely resolution—a ménage-à-trois marriage. The Fragrant Companions is the most significant work of literature that portrays female same-sex love in the entire premodern Chinese tradition. Written in 1651 by Li Yu, one of the most inventive and irreverent literary figures of seventeenth-century China, this play is at once an unconventional romantic comedy, a barbed satire, and a sympathetic portrayal of love between women. It offers a sensitive portrait of the two women’s passion for each other, depicts their intellectual pursuits and resourcefulness, and celebrates their partial triumph over social convention. At the same time, Li caustically mocks the imperial examination system and deflates the idealized image of the male scholar. The Fragrant Companions is both an indispensable source for students and scholars of gender and sexuality in premodern China and a compelling work of literature for all readers interested in China’s rich theatrical traditions.
The Ladies Companion
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1854
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Gleason S Literary Companion
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1864
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The Youth S Companion
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Author : Nathaniel Willis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1828
The Youth S Companion written by Nathaniel Willis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1828 with Children's periodicals, American categories.
Includes songs for solo voice with piano accompaniment.
Youth S Companion
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891
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Gleason S Pictorial Drawing Room Companion
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Author : Maturia Murray Ballou
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1851
Gleason S Pictorial Drawing Room Companion written by Maturia Murray Ballou and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1851 with categories.
Gleason S Pictorial Drawing Room Companion
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1851
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Love For A Laugh The Comic In Romantic Chuanqi Plays Of The 17th And 18th Centuries
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Author : Yanbing Tan
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-05-25
Love For A Laugh The Comic In Romantic Chuanqi Plays Of The 17th And 18th Centuries written by Yanbing Tan and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-25 with History categories.
After the strikingly beautiful Peony Pavilion, how could one write about love and the ideal of emotional authenticity (qing) in the chuanqi genre? This book presents a group of creative dramatists who confronted this challenge by giving the romantic theme of chuanqi their unique comic twists. This book demonstrates how their comic articulations bring the qing ideal down to the mundane world of family obligations, political ambitions, commercial interests, and gender frustrations. By highlighting the crucial but understudied role that the comic plays, this book enriches our understanding of the intellectual depth and critical scope of the chuanqi genre.
The Kokinsh
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2023-05-23
The Kokinsh written by and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-23 with Poetry categories.
Compiled in the early tenth century, the Kokinshū is an anthology of some eleven hundred poems that aimed to elevate the prestige of vernacular Japanese poetry at the imperial court. From shortly after its completion to the end of the nineteenth century, it was celebrated as the cornerstone of the Japanese vernacular poetic tradition. The composition of classical poetry, other later poetic forms such as linked verse and haikai, and vernacular Japanese literary writing in its entirety (including classic works such as Murasaki Shikibu’s Tale of Genji and Sei Shōnagon’s Pillow Book) all draw from the Kokinshū. This book offers an inviting and immersive selection of roughly one-third of the anthology in English translation. Torquil Duthie focuses on rendering the poetic language of the Kokinshū as a whole, in such a way that readers can understand and experience how its poems work together to create a literary world. He emphasizes that classical Japanese poems do not stand alone as self-contained artifacts but take part in an ongoing intertextual conversation. Duthie provides translations and interpretations of the two prefaces to the Kokinshū, which deeply influenced Japanese literary aesthetics. The book also includes critical essays on various aspects of the anthology and its history. This translation helps specialist and nonspecialist readers alike appreciate the beauty and richness of the Kokinshū, as well as its significance for the Japanese literary tradition.
Companion S Quest
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Author : L. Lee
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2008-06
Companion S Quest written by L. Lee and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06 with Fiction categories.
Young Paulter adores the Grand Court Wizard, Galdar and in secrecy serves as his apprentice. When Galdar is poisoned, the stage is set for a race against time in which Paulter must be ordained by the source of magic "the Heart". This is an imperative and time-honored procedure that will allow him to become the next Grand Court Wizard. Evil Ronar pulls out all the stops in an effort to stop Paulter from reaching his lofty goal. Ronar feels that the timing is perfect to make his attempt at overtaking their world while Galdar is no longer there to protect them. He creates a massive army that threatens the very existence of the Faerie world and will eventually annihilate all the other races one at a time. With the help of some unlikely friends, Paulter struggles to reach the Heart and put an end to the senseless carnage that Ronar is willing to inflict on anyone standing in his way. However, there are still other issues that Paulter must deal with, including the search to find the murderer of his friend and mentor, Galdar. This is a story of the struggle between good and evil, but also, the emergence of a man who is destined to play a powerful role in the care of the races that comprise his world. The friends who help him, all have different roles to play and both collectively and individually help Paulter to realize how important friends can be.