Shih-Wen Chen

Representations of China in British Children's Fiction, 1851-1911. by Shih-Wen Chen

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Produktbeschreibung

In her exploration of China in British children's literature, Shih-Wen Chen considers travelogue storybooks, historical novels, adventure stories and periodicals to demonstrate the diversity of images of China in the Victorian and Edwardian imagination. Her book provides a new context for understanding how China was constructed and sheds light on British cultural history and on the history and uses of children's literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9781409447351
• ISBN-10: 1409447359
• Artikelnr.: 41250176

Autorenporträt

Shih-Wen Chen is Lecturer in Literary Studies at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. Her research interests include children's literature, print culture, and histories of reading.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: A kaleidoscope of knowledge: children, knowledge, and China in Victorian and Edwardian Britain
Exploring the Celestial Kingdom: William Dalton and Anne Bowman's vision of China
From comic trickster to brilliant detective: E. Harcourt Burrage's 'immortal' Ching-Ching
Heroes and hostile hordes: representing the Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864)
China against the allies: interpreting the Boxer Uprising (1899-1901)
Conclusion: quilts and kaleidoscopes: visions of China in the literary imagination
Appendix: timeline
Works cited
Index.