Translation and creation : readings of western literature in early modern China, 1840-1918 / edited by David Pollard.

In the late Qing period, from the Opium War to the 1911 revolution, China absorbed the initial impact of Western arms, manufactures, science and culture, in that order. This volume of essays deals with the reception of Western literature, on the evidence of translations made. Having to overcome Chin...

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