{"product_id":"joy-despair-illusion-dreams-twenty-plays-from-the-n-333-tradition-1","title":"Joy, Despair, Illusion, Dreams: Twenty Plays from the N\u0026#333; Tradition","description":"\u003cp\u003eNō drama, which integrates speech, song, dance, music, mask, and costume into a distinctive art form, is among Japan's most revered cultural traditions. It gained popularity in the fourteenth century, when the actor and playwright Zeami (1363-1443) drew the favor of the shogun with his theatrical innovations. Nō's intricacies and highly stylized conventions continue to attract Japanese and Western appreciation, and a repertoire of some 250 plays is performed today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoy, Despair, Illusion, Dreams \u003c\/i\u003epresents a selection of Nō plays, magnificently rendered in English by Royall Tyler, an eminent scholar and translator of classical Japanese literature. It includes both canonical and lesser-known works of Zeami's, as well as anonymous works. Several are outside the established repertoire, offering glimpses of Nō before the tradition was codified in the Edo period, and have not previously been translated into English. An introduction describes the structure, formal features, and performance conventions of Nō plays, and brief essays precede each work. Through Tyler's authoritative scholarship and keen ear for the subtlety and beauty of the language, \u003ci\u003eJoy, Despair, Illusion, Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e gives Anglophone readers access to the complex art of Nō.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoyall Tyler is the award-winning translator of \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of the Heike \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of Genji\u003c\/i\u003e. His Columbia University Press books include \u003ci\u003eThe Miracles of the Kasuga Deity\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and \u003ci\u003eThe Dawn of the Warrior Age: War Tales from Medieval Japan\u003c\/i\u003e (2024). After teaching at Ohio State University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Oslo, Tyler retired from the Australian National University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50999141368082,"sku":"9780231214773","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9aed976c-b88e-4ff0-b8f6-0a9c5ba234d2.jpg?v=1740410677","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/joy-despair-illusion-dreams-twenty-plays-from-the-n-333-tradition-1","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}