A Study on the Thematic, Narrative, and Musical Structure of

A Study on the Thematic, Narrative, and Musical Structure of Guan Hanqings Yuan Zaju, Injustice to Dou EAuthor(s): Tamara Alvarez-Detrell, Michael G. Paulson, Yumin Ao\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Peter Lang Publishing Inc\nISBN-13: 9781433130557, 978-1433130557\nSynopsis\nThis book is a study of the thematic, narrative, and musical structure of Yuanqu xuan [A Selection of Yuan Plays] edition of the Yuan zaju (variety play) Dou E yuan [Injustice to Dou E] originally composed by the highly regarded playwright Guan Hanqing (fl. 1260). Although other authors have studied these three aspects of Dou E yuan separately, this is the first comprehensive treatment of the topic as a scholarly monograph in English. Yumin Aos analysis is based on the edition of the play in the Yuanqu xuan [A Selection of Yuan Plays] compiled by the Ming publisher Zang Maoxun (ca. [tel]. Ao proposes that Dou E yuan, as a dramatic narrative which develops through .