Encountering China : early modern European responses /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Sachdev, Rachana, Li, Qingjun
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lewisburg [Pa.] : Lanham, Md. : Bucknell University Press ; Rowman & Littlefield, [2012]
Series:	Aperçus (Lewisburg, Pa.)
Subjects:	China > Description and travel > Early works to 1800. Europeans > China > History. Travelers' writings, European. China > Foreign public opinion, European. European literature > Chinese influences. Chinese literature > European influences.

Table of 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.