: empires entwined Forman, Ross G creator Forman, Ross G text New York : Cambridge University Press 2013 monographic eng

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x, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm This book presents China's centrality to British imperial aspirations and literary production, explaining how ideas about China and the Chinese were received throughout the British empire. Introduction: Topsy-turvy Britain and China -- The manners and customs of the modern Chinese: narrating China through the treaty ports -- Projecting from possession point: James Dalziel's Chronicles of Hong Kong -- Peking plots: representing the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 -- Britain "knit and nationalised": Asian invasion novels in Britain, 1898-1914 -- Staging the celestial -- A Cockney Chinatown: the literature of Limehouse, London -- Conclusion: No rest for the West. / Ross G Forman English Literature Old English literatures English & Old English (Anglo-Saxon) literatures Great Britain -- Civilization -- Chinese influences China -- In literature Civilization -- Chinese influences Great Britain Great Britain -- Civilization -- Chinese influences 820.932 FOR 9781316600993 :Atlantic Publishers & Distributors :7/22 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi 190708 20190911112838.0