Xu Xiake (1586-1641): The Art of Travel Writing

by Julian Ward

In this, the first full-length study in English of China's best-known travel writer, new light is shed on the importance of the diaries of Xu Xiake (1587-1687) a compulsive traveller who spent a lifetime visiting and writing about China's 'beauty spots'. The general view of his work, that he brought a sober, analytical approach to a genre previously the domain of the dillentante and that his writing was 'utilitarian' and lacking in literary merit...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700713190
• ISBN13: 9780700713196
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"