Lasting-life Palace-hall
Auteur : Sheng Hong
Date de publication : 2012
Éditeur : Carreg Publishers
Nombre de pages : 678
Résumé du livre
"The monumental Chinese stage drama Lasting-life Palace-hall (Ch'ang-sheng tien) by Hung Sheng (1654-1704) is one of the most famous and seminal Chinese works. Its topic is the romance between a T'ang dynasty, 8th century AD, emperor and his empress, she being vividly regarded as China's outstanding femme fatale, his love with her having led to the breakdown of the dynasty. Their tale is one of the three or four most celebrated love romance of Chinese tradition. The play would take days to perform in its entirety, but has spawned various short excerpt-dramas. It is a complex mix of complexities, lyric, powerfully descriptive, occasionally humorous and even bawdy. A major artifact of Chinese, and, indeed world, literature and entertainment"--Page 4 of cover.