[PDF.53gm] Performing China: Virtue, Commerce, and Orientalism in Eighteenth-Century England, 1660–1760

Performing China: Virtue, Commerce, and Orientalism in Eighteenth-Century England, 1660–1760

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 | #3040294 in Books |  2011-09-16 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.95 x6.00l,1.15 | File type: PDF | 288 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Illustrates the Connections|By Jeff Zielinski (zielnski@princeton.edu)|This is a very scholarly and multi-disciplinary study of the influence of China - or of the "idea" of China, on literature and morals in England in the 18th Century. It is a study of emerging globalization in a society experiencing accelerating social & economic change, with all the attendant disruptions th| ||"A book of great substance and originality. The scholarship underlying Yang's work is of exceptionally high quality, demonstrating impressive mastery of a broad range of subject areas. Complementing the depth with which each topic is treated are the author's

China in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was a model of economic and political strength, viewed by many as the greatest empire in the world. While the importance of China to eighteenth-century English consumer culture is well documented, less so is its influence on English values. Through a careful study of the literature, drama, philosophy, and material culture of the period, this book articulates how Chinese culture influenced English ideas about virtue.
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