Lure of china, the: writers from marco polo to j. g. ballard
Auteur :
Wood, Frances
Éditeur :
Yale University Press
ISBN :
9780300154368
Date de publication :
25 févr. 2010
Dimensions :
22,0 x 11,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.