Asia in the making of Europe. Volume II, A century of wonder. Book Two, The literary arts / Donald F. Lach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lach, Donald F. (Donald Frederick), 1917-2000.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East and West--History.

East and West.

Europe--Civilization--Asian influences.

Europe.

Asia--Discovery and exploration.

Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (434 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1994, c1977.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Praised for its scope and depth, Asia in the Making of Europe is the first comprehensive study of Asian influences on Western culture. For volumes I and II, the author has sifted through virtually every European reference to Asia published in the sixteenth-century; he surveys a vast array of writings describing Asian life and society, the images of Asia that emerge from those writings, and, in turn, the reflections of those images in European literature and art. This monumental achievement reveals profound and pervasive influences of Asian societies on developing Western culture; in doing so, it provides a perspective necessary for a balanced view of world history. Volume I: The Century of Discovery brings together "everything that a European could know of India, Southeast Asia, China, and Japan, from printed books, missionary reports, traders' accounts and maps" (The New York Review of Books). Volume II: A Century of Wonder examines the influence of that vast new body of information about Asia on the arts, institutions, literatures, and ideas of sixteenth-century Europe.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

CHAPTER I. Heralds of Empire

CHAPTER II. Books, Libraries, and Reading

CHAPTER III. The Inherited Themes

CHAPTER IV. Portuguese Literature

CHAPTER V. Spanish Literature

CHAPTER VI. Italian Literature

CHAPTER VII. French Literature

CHAPTER VIII. The Germanic Literatures

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612538803

9781282538801

1282538802

9780226467122

0226467120

OCLC:

1135589421