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Primary source material This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come from the legions of academic literature and research on the subject produced over the last several hundred years. Covered within is a discussion drawn from many areas of study and research on the subject. From analyses of the varied geography that encompasses the Asian contine...

The first of its kind in English, this anthology translates twenty-two popular Chinese plays published between 1919 and 2000, accompanied by a critical introduction to the historical, cultural, and aesthetic evolution of twentieth-century Chinese spoken drama. Primarily comprising works from the People's Republic of China, though including representative plays from Hong Kong and Taiwan, this collection not only showcases the revolutionary rethinking of Chinese theater and performance that began...

Japanese no theatre or the drama of 'perfected art' flourished in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries largely through the genius of the dramatist Zeami. An intricate fusion of music, dance, mask, costume and language, the dramas address many subjects, but the idea of 'form' is more central than 'meaning' and their structure is always ritualized. Selected for their literary merit, the twenty-four plays in this volume dramatize such ideas as the relationship between men and the gods, brother an...

The popular stages of Indonesia offer a window to inter-ethnic cultural obsessions and signs of participation in global trends. Volume 1 of the Lontar Anthology of Indonesian Drama brings together representative plays from the 1890s until the 1960s. It includes examples from the diverse genres that make up Indonesian popular theater: komedi stambul, a form of musical theater initially dedicated to the Arabian Nights; opera derma or Chinese-Indonesian 'charity opera'; and tonil, theatre in the mo...

In an important and unique contribution to the study of noh, this volume includes, for the first time, essays on the subject of one noh play written by scholars from both sides of the Pacific Ocean in their own language, Japanese or English (with a summary of each contribution translated into the other language also included). The essays show some of the breadth and depth that is available for the study of Japanese literature and drama both in Japan and abroad. Japanese scholars Amano Fumio, Nis...

Discover the richness and beauty of Bali's many performing art forms. The fabled island of Bali is known around the world for its amazing dance and musical spectacles! Balinese Dance, Drama & Music is a lavishly-illustrated field guide to the island's traditional performing arts, including gamelan music and elaborate dance, theatre, and shadow puppet performances frequently put on as part of temple celebrations. Perfect for visitors, students, or anyone with an interest in Balinese culture, thi...

About the Author Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel Laureate, was born on 7th May 1861 and died in 1941.He was renowned poet, playwright, and novelist of the modern India. He was a Bengali Author who reshaped Bengali Literature and Music. He Penned Gitanjali', which is deeply sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, after which he acclaimed the title 'Nobel Laureate'. He was the first non-European to get 'Nobel Prize' in Literature in 1913. He started poetry writing from his early age of eight years and...

Written in 1857, Ramnabami-Natak was the first modern Assamese play on a secular theme. The playwright, Gunabhiram Barua, drew upon certain liberal intellectual trends in contemporary Bengal to write extensively on women's education, child marriage, and polygamy.