Encountering China : early modern European responses / edited by Rachana Sachdev and Qingjun Li.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sachdev, Rachana, editor.

Li, Qingjun, editor.

Series:

Aper©ıcus: histories texts cultures : a Bucknell series.

Aper©ıcus: histories texts cultures : a Bucknell series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europeans--China--History.

Europeans.

Travelers' writings, European.

European literature--Chinese influences.

European literature.

Chinese literature--European influences.

Chinese literature.

China--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

China.

China--Foreign public opinion, European.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania : Bucknell University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61148-439-1

OCLC:

876512359