 | Plum Shadows and Plank Bridge: Two Memoirs About Courtesans Subjects: Courtesans -- China -- History -- 17th century; Courtesans in literature; Mao Xiang 1611–1693 -- Criticism and interpretation; Yu Huai 1616–1696; Criticism and interpretation; 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. Wai-yee Li is professor of Chinese literature at Harvard University. Her publications include Women and National Trauma in Late Imperial Chinese Literature (2014) and The Columbia Anthology of Yuan Drama (Columbia, 2014). |
