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The orphan of Zhao and other Yuan plays : the earliest known versions / translated and introduced by Stephen H. West and Wilt L. Idema.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-231-16854-0 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-231-53810-7 (electronic)
1. Chinese drama—Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368—Translations into English. I. West, Stephen H. editor of compilation. II. Idema, W. L. (Wilt L.) editor of compilation.
PL2658.E5O77 2014
895.12'4408—dc23
2013048900
A Columbia University Press E-book.
Cover image: The Captivity of Cai Wenji, 14th–15th century. Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, USA. Gift of Charles Lang Freer. Bridgeman Art Library. Cover and book design: Lisa Hamm