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Acknowledgments Prologue Introduction: Rewriting Early Chinese Zaju Song-Drama for Transnational, National, and Local Contexts Art Song Anthologies, Editorial Attributions and the Cult of Affect: Guan Hanqing (c. 1220-c. 1300) and the Transformation of Attestatory Authorship Zaju Song-Drama Collections, Examination Requirements, and the Exigencies of Desire: Li Kaixian (1502-1568), Zang Maoxun (1550-1620) and the Uses of Reproductive Authorship Xixiang ji Editions, the Book Market and the Discourse on Obscenity: Wang Jide (d. 1623), Jin Shengtan (1608-1661) and the Creation of Uncommon Readers Epilogue Notes Bibliography Glossary

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PATRICIA SIEBER is Assistant Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at The Ohio State University. After studying Chinese, Japanese and German literature in Tokyo, Zurich and Beijing, she received her Ph.D. in Chinese from the University of California, Berkeley. Her articles on Chinese canon formation, literary thought and East/West cultural relations have appeared in Contemporary Buddhism, Graven Images, Journal of Chinese Religions, Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, and Monumenta Serica. She is also the editor of a collection of co

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PATRICIA SIEBER is Assistant Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at The Ohio State University. After studying Chinese, Japanese and German literature in Tokyo, Zurich and Beijing, she received her Ph.D. in Chinese from the University of California, Berkeley. Her articles on Chinese canon formation, literary thought and East/West cultural relations have appeared in Contemporary Buddhism, Graven Images, Journal of Chinese Religions, Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, and Monumenta Serica. She is also the editor of a collection of contemporary Chinese women's fiction Red Is Not the Only Color (Rowman & Littlefield, 2001).