Mistress and Maid (Jiohong ji) by Meng Chengshun

1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-231-50431-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten

Reihe: Translations from the Asian Classics

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Birch, Cyril

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Sammlungen, Anthologien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Signposts of Romance
Cast of Characters
Scene 1: Legend
Scene 2: Leaving Home
Scene 3: Meeting with Bella
Scene 4: Evening Embroidery
Scene 5: In Search of a Beauty
Scene 6: Flower Poems
Scene 7: Response in Rhyme
Scene 8: Trouble from Tibet
Scene 9: Sharing the Lampblack
Scene 10: Hugging the Stove
Scene 11: Frontier Defense
Scene 12: Thwarted Rendezvous
Scene 13: Dispatching the Summons
Scene 14: Quiet Despair
Scene 15: Parting Vows
Scene 16: Defense of the City
Scene 17: Seeking a Cure
Scene 18: Secret Pact
Scene 19: The Portraits Delivered
Scene 20: Cutting the Sleeve
Scene 21: Sending the Matchmaker
Scene 22: The Match Opposed
Scene 23: A Drink with Courtesans
Scene 24: The Matchmaker Reports
Scene 25: Exorcism
Scene 26: Third Visit
Scene 27: The Slippers
Scene 28: Petal Scolded
Scene 29: Interrogation
Scene 30: Viewing the Portraits
Scene 31: Solemn Pact
Scene 32: Petal Tells
Scene 33: Reluctant Parting
Scene 34: Envoys Appointed
Scene 35: The Keepsake
Scene 36: The Road to the Examinations
Scene 37: Celebration
Scene 38: Return in Triumph
Scene 39: Bewitched
Scene 40: A Haunting Suspected
Scene 41: The Ghost Exposed
Scene 42: Master Shuai Proposes
Scene 43: Parting in Life
Scene 44: Wedding Rehearsal
Scene 45: Weeping on the Boat
Scene 46: Petal Questioned
Scene 47: Maiden's Passing
Scene 48: Joined in Death
Scene 49: United in the Tomb
Scene 50: Reunion with Immortals

Über Autor(innen)

Cyril Birch is Agassiz Professor Emeritus in the Department of East Asian Languages at the University of California, Berkeley, and is the author, editor, or translator of numerous books, including Scenes for Mandarins (Columbia) and The Peony Pavilion.