Download or read book Japanese Nō Dramas /edited and Translated by Royall Tyler written by Royall Tyler and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1992-10-29 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An intricate fusion of music, dance, mask, costume and language, the dramas address many subjects but the idea of "form" is more central than "meaning", and their structure is always ritualised. Selected for their literary merit, the twenty-four plays in this volume dramatise such ideas as the relationship between men and the gods, brother and sister, parent and child, lover and beloved, and the power of greed and desire."--Back cover.