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The late-imperial legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, the Butterfly Lovers--a story as central to Chinese culture as Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is to Western culture--also relates a tale of two lovers help apart by social strictures. To audiences of the many Chinese ballads, plays, and films based on the story, the tragic ending offers proof that equality and happiness can only be achieved in a China freed from the traditional family system.
This volume offers translations of the earliest versions of the popular ballad along with later literary reinventions of the tale; a variety of related documents reveal the historical and cultural origins of the legend. In his Introduction, Wilt L. Idema provides essential contextual information and discusses how the story of the Butterfly Lovers fits into modern Chinese concepts of gender roles and sexual freedom.
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Wilt L. Idema is Professor of Chinese Literature, Harvard University.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Sharing many thematic elements with Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, The Butterfly Lovers relates the tragic tale of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, two young lovers who long to marry but are prevented from doing so by the social strictures of Imperial China. This book offers translations of the earliest versions of the popular ballad along with later literary reinventions of the tale; several appendices offer a variety of documents that reveal the historical and cultural origins of the legend. Sharing many thematic elements with Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, The Butterfly Lovers Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781603841948