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OverviewThis detailed, chronological study investigates the rise of the European fascination with the Chinese language up to 1615. By meticulously investigating a wide range of primary sources, Dinu Luca identifies a rhetorical continuum uniting the land of the Seres, Cathay, and China in a tropology of silence, vision, and writing. Tracing the contours of this tropology, The Chinese Language in European Texts: The Early Period offers close readings of language-related contexts in works by classical authors, medieval travelers, and Renaissance cosmographers, as well as various merchants, wanderers, and missionaries, both notable and lesser-known. What emerges is a clear and comprehensive understanding of early European ideas about the Chinese language and writing system. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dinu LucaPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2016 Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 4.401kg ISBN: 9781137512253ISBN 10: 1137512253 Pages: 242 Publication Date: 20 August 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Entering the Language Continuum.- 1. Silence, Script, and “New Understandings”.- 2. Figures, Hieroglyphs, and Ciphers,- 3. Ships, Bricks, and the Majesty of Writing: The New Century.- Conclusion.ReviewsAuthor InformationDinu Luca is Assistant Professor of European Cultures at National Taiwan Normal University, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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