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Encountering China
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Early Modern European Responses
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Artikel-Nr:
9781611484397
Veröffentl:
2012
Seiten:
218
Autor:
Rachana Sachdev
Serie:
Aperçus: Histories Texts Cultures
eBook Typ:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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.
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.
Contents
Introduction
by Rachana Sachdev
Part 1
European Responses to Child Abandonment, Sale of Children and Social Welfare Policies in Ming China
by Rachana Sachdev
Of Golden Lilies and Gentlewomen: Constructions of Chinese Women in Early Modern European Travel Narratives
by Qingjun Li
Part 2
Earlier Moderns: The Novel Form as National Development in China and Europe
By Daniel Dooghan
“A Strong Resemblance”: Samuel Richardson, Chinese Talent-Beauty Novels, and a Secret Origin of “World Literature”
By Ning Ma
Part 3
“'Magicians, Enchanters, and Professional Crooks’: Early Modern Understandings of Daoism”
By Ronnie Littlejohn
Buddhism and Idolatry
By Terry Logan Mazurak
Bibliography
Index
About the Contributors
Introduction
by Rachana Sachdev
Part 1
European Responses to Child Abandonment, Sale of Children and Social Welfare Policies in Ming China
by Rachana Sachdev
Of Golden Lilies and Gentlewomen: Constructions of Chinese Women in Early Modern European Travel Narratives
by Qingjun Li
Part 2
Earlier Moderns: The Novel Form as National Development in China and Europe
By Daniel Dooghan
“A Strong Resemblance”: Samuel Richardson, Chinese Talent-Beauty Novels, and a Secret Origin of “World Literature”
By Ning Ma
Part 3
“'Magicians, Enchanters, and Professional Crooks’: Early Modern Understandings of Daoism”
By Ronnie Littlejohn
Buddhism and Idolatry
By Terry Logan Mazurak
Bibliography
Index
About the Contributors