Encountering China

Early Modern European Responses

Nonfiction, History, Asian, China, European General
Cover of the book Encountering China by , Bucknell University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781611484397
Publisher: Bucknell University Press Publication: October 1, 2012
Imprint: Bucknell University Press Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781611484397
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Publication: October 1, 2012
Imprint: Bucknell University Press
Language: English

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. Contributors engage critically with travelogues, treating them not just as occasional sources of historical information but as primary, literary texts deeply revelatory of the world they describe. Contributors reach back to the earliest European writings available on China in an effort to broaden and nuance our understanding of European contact with the Middle Kingdom in the early modern period. While the primary focus of these essays is the external gaze – European sources about China – contributors also tease out aspects of the Chinese world-view of the time, thus generating a conversation between Chinese literary and historical texts and European ones.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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. Contributors engage critically with travelogues, treating them not just as occasional sources of historical information but as primary, literary texts deeply revelatory of the world they describe. Contributors reach back to the earliest European writings available on China in an effort to broaden and nuance our understanding of European contact with the Middle Kingdom in the early modern period. While the primary focus of these essays is the external gaze – European sources about China – contributors also tease out aspects of the Chinese world-view of the time, thus generating a conversation between Chinese literary and historical texts and European ones.

More books from Bucknell University Press

Cover of the book The Scottish Enlightenment and Literary Culture by
Cover of the book Feminism and the Politics of Travel after the Enlightenment by
Cover of the book Antigone's Ghosts by
Cover of the book Coyness and Crime in Restoration Comedy by
Cover of the book Thomas Sheridan's Career and Influence by
Cover of the book Transatlantic Travels in Nineteenth-Century Latin America by
Cover of the book A Pedagogy of Observation by
Cover of the book Shakespeare and the Spanish Comedia by
Cover of the book Memory and Trauma in the Postwar Spanish Novel by
Cover of the book Catastrophic Bliss by
Cover of the book Rococo Fiction in France, 1600–1715 by
Cover of the book Brown Romantics by
Cover of the book Hospitality in a Time of Terror by
Cover of the book Spanish Women Travelers at Home and Abroad, 1850–1920 by
Cover of the book Horace Walpole's Letters by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy