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

Contributor(s): Sachdev, Rachana [editor.] | Li, Qingjun [editor.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Apercus: histories texts cultures : a Bucknell seriesPublisher: Lewisburg, Pennsylvania : Lanham, Maryland : Bucknell University Press ; Rowman & Littlefield, [2012]Copyright date: 2012Description: 1 online resource (231 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781611484397Subject(s): Europeans -- China -- History | Travelers' writings, European | European literature -- Chinese influences | Chinese literature -- European influences | China -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 | China -- Foreign public opinion, EuropeanGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Encountering China : early modern European responses.DDC classification: 303.48/2405109031 LOC classification: DS708 | .E63 2012Online resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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