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Plum Shadows and Plank Bridge: Two Memoirs About Courtesans - Translations from the Asian Classics
Xiang Mao
Plum Shadows and Plank Bridge: Two Memoirs About Courtesans - Translations from the Asian Classics
Xiang Mao
This volume presents two memoirs by famous men of letters, Reminiscences of the Plum Shadows Convent by Mao Xiang (1611–93) and Miscellaneous Records of Plank Bridge by Yu Huai (1616–96), that recall times spent with courtesans. They evoke the courtesan world in the final decades of the Ming dynasty and the aftermath of its collapse.
368 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | January 21, 2020 |
ISBN13 | 9780231186841 |
Publishers | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 368 |
Dimensions | 223 × 145 × 24 mm · 562 g |
Language | English |
Translator | Li, Wai-yee (Harvard University) |
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