Format:
Online-Ressource (231 p)
ISBN:
9781611484380
Series Statement:
Aperçus: Histories Texts Cultures
Content:
〈span〉〈span〉〈span style=""font-style:italic;""〉Encountering China〈/span〉〈span〉 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.〈/span〉〈/span〉〈br /〉〈span〉〈span〉 〈/span〉〈/span〉〈/span〉
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Description based upon print version of record
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1; Chapter 1: European Responses to Child Abandonment, Sale of Children, and Social Welfare Policies in Ming China; Chapter 2: Of Golden Lilies and Gentlewomen: Constructions of Chinese Women in Early Modern European Travel Narratives; Part 2; Chapter 3:Earlier Moderns: The Novel Formas National Development in China and Europe; Chapter 4:"A Strong Resemblance": Samuel Richardson, Chinese Talent-Beauty Novels, and a Secret Origin of "World Literat ure"; Part 3
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Chapter: 5 "Magicians, Enchanters, and Professional Crooks": Early Modern Understandings of DaoismChapter: 6 Buddhism andIdolatry; Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781611484397
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781611484823
Additional Edition:
Print version Encountering China : Early Modern European Responses
Language:
English
Keywords:
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