Auteur: Wilt Idema

Wilt L. Idema is Research Professor of Chinese Literature at Harvard University. He has published widely on traditional Chinese vernacular fiction and drama and is fascinated by works at the intersection of literature and religion. In recent years, he has published a number of anthologies of plays and ballads concerning traditional Chinese legends and folktales. These books include « The Orphan of Zhao » and Other Yuan Plays: The Earliest Known Versions (with Stephen H. West); J udge Bao and the Rule of Law: Eight Ballad-Stories from the Period 1250–1450; Meng Jiangnü Brings Down the Great Wall: Ten Versions of a Chinese Legend; and Escape from Blood Pond Hell: The Tales of Mulian and Woman Huang (with Beata Grant).