The Lure of China : Writers from Marco Polo to J. G. Ballard
by
Frances Wood
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0300154364
ISBN-13
9780300154368
Publisher
Yale University Press
Imprint
Yale University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 25th, 2010
Print length
288 Pages
Weight
558 grams
Dimensions
21.40 x 15.00 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: general
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Medieval travellers like Marco Polo created a romantic picture of a distant and exotic land while subsequent Jesuit and diplomatic missions sought to correct the more lurid depictions with first-hand accounts. In the mid-nineteenth century China was opened to travellers, collectors and writers of all sorts.
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