ISBN:
1611484391
,
9781611484397
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 220 pages)
Series Statement:
Aperçus: histories texts cultures
Series Statement:
a Bucknell series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Encountering China
DDC:
303.48/2405109031
Keywords:
European literature Chinese influences
;
Chinese literature European influences
;
Europeans History
;
Travelers' writings, European
;
Travelers' writings, European
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General
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Chinese literature ; European influences
;
Travel
;
Early works
;
History
;
Europeans
;
Public opinion, European
;
China Early works to 1800 Description and travel
;
China Foreign public opinion, European
;
China
Abstract:
European responses to child abandonment, sale of children and social welfare policies in Ming China /Rachana Sachdev --Of golden lilies and gentlewomen : constructions of Chinese women in early modern European travel narratives /Qingjun Li --Earlier moderns : the novel form as national development in China and Europe /Daniel Dooghan --"A strong resemblance" : Samuel Richardson, Chinese talent-beauty novels, and a secret origin of "world literature" /Ning Ma --'Magicians, enchanters, and professional crooks' : early modern understandings of Daoism /Ronnie Littlejohn --Buddhism and idolatry /Terry Logan Mazurak.
Abstract:
Encountering China addresses the responses of early modern travelers to China who, awed by the wealth and sophistication of the society they encountered, attempted primarily to build bridges, to explore similarities, and to emulate the Chinese, though they were also critical of some local traditions and practices
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-213) and index
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