China and the Writing of English Literary Modernity, 1690-1770

by Eun Kyung Min

Book Overview

This book explores how a modern English literary identity was forged by its notions of other traditions and histories, in particular those of China. The theorizing and writing of English literary modernity took place in the midst of the famous quarrel between the Ancients and the Moderns. Eun Kyung Min argues that this quarrel was in part a debate about the value of Chinese culture and that a complex cultural awareness of China shaped the development...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108433073
• ISBN13: 9781108433075
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 289 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"