The novel and theatrical imagination in early modern China [electronic resource] / by Mei Chun.

Introduction
Part I. Xi in early modern context. Theatrum mundi: the theatrical, the playful, the ephemeral; the structuring of Xi in illustrations and a prologue theatrical
Part II. Playful theatricals : Shuihu zhuan and Xiyou ji. Staging, spectacles, and acts of recognition; Staging, mimicry, and acts of appropriation; Acting, quren, and the authenticity of incongruity; Acting, jiaren, and the artifice of congruity; Viewing : perceptive and fleshly eyes
Part III. Didactic theater versus playful theatricals : tropes of theater in Zhishang chuntai and Wusheng xi.