Western Literature in China and the Translation of a Nation
Description
This book studies the reception history of Western literature in China from the 1840s to the present. Qi explores the socio-historical contexts and the contours of how Western literature was introduced, mostly through translation and assesses its transformative impact in the cultural, literary as well as sociopolitical life of modern China.
Keywords
Literary CriticismHistoryAsiaModern19th Century20th CenturyLanguage Arts & DisciplinesTranslating & InterpretingAsianLinguisticsHistorical & Comparative
2012Book
Author(s)Shouhua Qi
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9780230120877
LanguageEnglish
