{"product_id":"xueqin-and-xakespeare","title":"Xueqin and Xakespeare","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis monograph offers a detailed consideration of the five-volume novel written by Cao Xueqin and translated into English as \u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Stone, \u003c\/i\u003ewhen read through William Shakespeare’s drama \u003ci\u003eHamlet, Prince of Denmark, A Tragedy in Five Acts. \u003c\/i\u003eThe book builds on the superlative David Hawkes\/John Minford English language translation, which is inspired by resonances between the English Shakespearean literary heritage and the dynasties-old Chinese literary tradition inherited by Cao Xueqin. The Introduction sets out the potential for the significant cultural exchange between these two great literary works, each an inexhaustible inspiration of artistic and scholarly re-interpretation. Two chapters bring into consideration two universal literary themes: patriarchy – filial obedience and family honour, and tragic romantic love. These chapters are structured so that a key episode in \u003ci\u003eHamlet \u003c\/i\u003eprovides the initial perspective, which is then carried through to an episode in \u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Stone \u003c\/i\u003ewhich offers points of complementarity: in-depth interpretation draws on inter-textual, historical and contemporary contexts referenced from the immense body of scholarly research which has accumulated around these iconic works. The third chapter proposes a new reading of the problematic ‘shrew’ character in the novel, Wang Xi-feng, through tracing the similarities of the structure of the narration of her life and death with a Shakespearean five-act tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Open Access version of this book, available at http:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 international license.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55280118202712,"sku":"9781032635569","price":56.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781032635569.jpg?v=1769110223","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/xueqin-and-xakespeare","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}