Cultural production in Shanghai theatre during the Japanese occupation period : Yang Jiang's reception and transformation of Jane Austen's comedic art

In the wartime China of the 1940s, Yang Jiang wrote two very popular comedies: As You Desire (1943) and Swindle (1943). The genre of these two comedies and their relation to Western literature is discussed, and the connection between the styles of Yang and Austen is noticed and established on the gr...

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Main Author: Cheung, Hiu Yan
Other Authors: Herd, Ruth
Published: Imperial College London 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.695540