C. P. Thunberg

Japan Extolled and Decried (eBook, PDF)

Carl Peter Thunberg's Travels in Japan 1775-1776
Redaktion: Screech, Timon

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This edition makes newly available C.P. Thunberg's writings on Japan, complete with illustrations. Fully annotated and introduced by Timon Screech.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135787455
• Artikelnr.: 38251977

Autorenporträt

Timon Screech is reader in the History of Art at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, where he has taught since 1991. He is the author of numerous books on the culture of the Edo period in both Japanese and English.

Inhaltsangabe

1.Political and Social Introduction to the period (c. 1775-1800)
2. Specific Background of Thunberg's period in Japan (1775-1776)
3. Life and Intellectual Biography of Thunberg
4. TEXT
Notes
Glossary

Rezensionen

'Carefully researched and with copious rare illustrations, Screech's edited version of Titsigh's original writings offers plenty of interesting snap-shots of life in the Edo Period - as seen through Dutch eyes.' - Kansai Time Out

'Screech has done a great service...this is a facinating and richly rewarding account of the Japan that impinged upon the senses and intellect of a well-educated European with the curiosity to take an informed interest in his surroundings.' - Asian Affairs

'Screech's meticulous introductions and endnotes clarify many obscure points and fill in the background as well as providing details of the lives of Thunberg and Titsingh.' - Japan Book Review

'Carefully researched and with copious rare illustrations, Screech's edited version of Titsigh's original writings offers plenty of interesting snap-shots of life in the Edo Period - as seen through Dutch eyes.' - Kansai Time Out

'Screech has done a great service...this is a facinating and richly rewarding account of the Japan that impinged upon the senses and intellect of a well-educated European with the curiosity to take an informed interest in his surroundings.' - Asian Affairs

'Screech's meticulous introductions and endnotes clarify many obscure points and fill in the background as well as providing details of the lives of Thunberg and Titsingh.' - Japan Book Review