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Author:

Prado-Fonts, Carles, 1975- author.

Title:

Secondhand China : Spain, the East, and the politics of translation / Carles Prado-Fonts.

Publisher:

Northwestern University Press,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

xiv, 244 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Spanish literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Spanish literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Spanish literature--Foreign influences.
China--In literature.
Litterature espagnole--19e siecle--Histoire et critique.
Litterature espagnole--20e siecle--Histoire et critique.
Litterature espagnole--Influence etrangere.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese.
Literature.
Spanish literature.
Spanish literature--Foreign influences.
China.
1800-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction. Writing the East from the Rest of the West -- "Illusion Is More Beautiful Than Reality" -- "To Show the Real Truth" -- "My Pride as a White Man Fully Woke Up" -- "As It Has Not Been Made Known by Chinese Writers Themselves" -- Conclusion. The Lure of Translation.

Summary:

"This book brings to light the ways Spanish writers relied on English- and French-language sources to imagine China and how this dependence on translation created the illusion of a homogeneous West"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Flashpoints

ISBN:

0810144778
9780810144774
081014476X
9780810144767

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1268256826

LCCN:

2021061135

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)