{"product_id":"chinese-sympathies-media-missionaries-and-world-literature-from-marco-polo-to-goethe-paperback-softback-9781501759741","title":"Chinese Sympathies; Media, Missionaries, and World Literature from Marco Polo to Goethe (Paperback \/ softback) 9781501759741","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChinese Sympathies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMedia, Missionaries, and World Literature from Marco Polo to Goethe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDaniel Leonhard Purdy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501759741\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 October 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e420 pages, 3 b\u0026amp;w halftones - 3 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyone who is interested in transcultural history, early modern German literary and philosophical thinking in the European context, and the discourse of world literature should find this rich book indispensable\u003c\/p\u003e (The German Quarterly) \u003cp\u003ePurdy tells us stories in which Europe has digested and incorporated Chinese culture and history and become deeply entangled with China. Anyone who is interested in transcultural history, early modern German literary and philosophical thinking in the European context, and the discourse of world literature should find this rich book indispensable.\u003c\/p\u003e (The German Quarterly)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChinese Sympathies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e examines how Europeans—German-speaking writers and thinkers in particular—identified with Chinese intellectual and literary traditions following the circulation of Marco Polo's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTravels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e This sense of affinity expanded and deepened, Daniel Leonhard Purdy shows, as generations of Jesuit missionaries, baroque encyclopedists, Enlightenment moralists, and translators established intellectual regimes that framed China as being fundamentally similar to Europe. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalyzing key German literary texts—theological treatises, imperial histories, tragic dramas, moral philosophies, literary translations, and poetic cycles—\u003ci\u003eChinese Sympathies\u003c\/i\u003e traces the paths from baroque-era missionary reports that accommodated Christianity with Confucianism to Goethe's concept of world literature, bridged by Enlightenment debates over cosmopolitanism and sympathy, culminating in a secular principle that allowed readers to identify meaningful similarities across culturally diverse literatures based on shared human experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)—a collaboration of the Association of American Universities, the Association of University Presses, and the Association of Research Libraries—and the generous support of the Pennsylvania State University. Learn more at the TOME website, available at: openmonographs.org. The open access edition is available at Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu\/cornell-open) and other repositories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Sympathy and Orientalism\u003cbr\u003e 1. Marco Polo's Fabulous Imperial Connections\u003cbr\u003e 2. Jesuit Channels between Europe and Asia\u003cbr\u003e 3. A Genealogy of Compassionate Reading\u003cbr\u003e 4. News of the Ming Dynasty's Collapse\u003cbr\u003e 5. Vondel's Tragic Chinese Emperor\u003cbr\u003e 6. Wieland's Secret History of Cosmopolitanism\u003cbr\u003e 7. Adam Smith and the Chinese Earthquake\u003cbr\u003e 8. Goethe Reads the Jesuits\u003cbr\u003e 9. Chinese-German Pairings\u003cbr\u003e 10. World Literature and Goethe's Chinese Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press and Cornell University Library","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607807029528,"sku":"9781501759741","price":24.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/chinese-sympathies-media-missionaries-and-world-literature-from-marco-polo-to-goethe-paperback-softback-9781501759741","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}