Encountering China : early modern European responses /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sachdev, Rachana, Li, Qingjun
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewisburg, Pa. : Lanham, Md. : Bucknell University Press ; Rowman & Littlefield, ©2012.
Colección:Aperçus (Lewisburg, Pa.)
Temas:
Europeans > China > History.
Travelers' writings, European > History and criticism.
European literature > Chinese influences.
Chinese literature > European influences.
Européens > Chine > Histoire.
Écrits de voyageurs européens > Histoire et critique.
Littérature européenne > Influence chinoise.
Littérature chinoise > Influence européenne.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Chinese literature > European influences
Europeans
Public opinion, European
Travel
Travelers' writings, European
China > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
China > Foreign public opinion, European.
Chine > Descriptions et voyages > Ouvrages avant 1800.
China
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Early works
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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