Chinese Shakespeares: Two Centuries of Cultural Exchange

by Alexander C.Y. Huang

Book Overview

For close to two hundred years, the ideas of Shakespeare have inspired incredible work in the literature, fiction, theater, and cinema of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. From the novels of Lao She and Lin Shu to Lu Xun's search for a Chinese "Shakespeare," and from Feng Xiaogang's martial arts films to labor camp memoirs, Soviet-Chinese theater, Chinese opera in Europe, and silent film, Shakespeare has been put to work in unexpected places, yielding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231148496
• ISBN13: 9780231148498
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher