| Description |
1 online resource (x, 220 pages) |
| Series |
Aperçus: histories texts cultures : a Bucknell series
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Aperçus (Lewisburg, Pa.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-213) and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
China -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
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Europeans -- China -- History.
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Travelers' writings, European -- History and criticism.
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China -- Foreign public opinion, European.
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European literature -- Chinese influences.
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Chinese literature -- European influences.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
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Chinese literature -- European influences |
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Europeans |
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Public opinion, European |
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Travel |
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Travelers' writings, European |
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China https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcrd4RjtCBk4wfMhTwwG3 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Early works
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History
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| Added Author |
Sachdev, Rachana.
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Li, Qingjun.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Encountering China. Lewisburg, Pa. : Bucknell University Press ; c2012 9781611484380 (DLC) 2012024133 |
| ISBN |
9781611484397 (ebook) |
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1611484391 (electronic) |
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1611484391 (ebook) |
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9781611484380 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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1611484383 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9781611484823 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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1611484820 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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