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Author Qi, Shouhua, 1957-

Title Western literature in China and the translation of a nation / Shouhua Qi
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2012

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Contents The Rude Awakening (1840s-96) -- 'Sturm und Drang' (1897-1927) -- The Not So United Fronts (1928-49) -- The Strange Interlude (1950-76) -- The Tsunami (1977-Present)
Summary This book studies the reception history of Western literature in China from the 1840s to the present. Shouhua Qi explores the socio-historical contexts and the contours of the ways Western literature was introduced, mostly through translation, and assesses its transformative impact in the cultural, literary as well as sociopolitical life of modern China
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Literature and society.
Literature -- History
Translating and interpreting.
Translators -- China
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 -- China.
Literary studies: from c 1900 -- China.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
Literature.
Literature
Literature and society
Translating and interpreting
Translators
China
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781137011947
1137011947
128058369X
9781280583698