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Noh Plays of Japan - Softcover

Waley, Arthur

 
9780044402244: Noh Plays of Japan

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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About the Author

Arthur Waley was a distinguished authority on Chinese and Japanese language and literature. He translated many poems and novels from these languages. He was honoured many times for his work by the Chinese and received the Queen's medal for poetry in 1953. His work includes Chinese Poems, Japanese Poetry, The Tale of Genji and Monkey, the translation of a sixteenth-century Chinese novel, which was turned into a major BBC television series.

Synopsis

Dating back to the 14th century, No drama is one of the world's oldest theatrical forms. It is still vigorous in modern Japan and has influenced the work of many Western dramatists including Yeats and Brecht. Waley is an established translator of oriental literature.

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