Plum shadows and plank bridge: two memoirs about courtesans
Auteur :
Mao, Xiang / Yu, Huai
Éditeur :
Columbia University Press
ISBN :
9780231186858
Date de publication :
21 janv. 2020
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This volume presents two memoirs by famous men of letters, Reminiscences of the Plum Shadows Convent by Mao Xiang (1611–93) and Miscellaneous Records of Plank Bridge by Yu Huai (1616–96), that recall times spent with courtesans. They evoke the courtesan world in the final decades of the Ming dynasty and the aftermath of its collapse.