A Topsy-Turvy World. Short Plays and Farces from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hardback

A Topsy-Turvy World presents English translations of shorter late Ming and early Qing plays. Satirical and often earthy, these mostly one-act plays provide a glimpse of Chinese daily life and mores even as they question or subvert the boundaries of social, moral, and political order.

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Number of pages: 432
• Collection: Translations from the Asian Classics
• Publication date: 2023
• Dimensions: 185 x 264 x 29
• Cover type: Hardback
• Editor(s): Stephen H. West