Persons, Roles, and Minds: Identity in Peony Pavilion and Peach Blossom Fan Fiction_Gift_Guide Deen Sanwoola

Deen Sanwoola

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Persons, Roles, and Minds: Identity in Peony Pavilion and Peach Blossom Fan Fiction_Gift_Guide Deen SanwoolaFocusing on two late Ming or early Qing plays central to the Chinese canon, this thought provoking study explores crucial questions concerning personal identity. How is a person, as opposed to a ghost or animal, to be defined? How can any specific person (as distinguished, for example, from an impostor or twin) be identified? Both plays are chuanqi, representatives of a monumental genre that represents Chinese dramatic literature at its most complex: