Lin Shu, Inc. : the making of an icon in modern China
Hill, MichaelAuthor
New York : Oxford University Press,
2013.
Exploring the dynamic interactions between literary translation commercial publishing, and the politics of 'traditional' Chinese culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this book traces how Lin Shu and a team of translators brought classic Western novels by Melville, Stowe, Dickens, and others to China.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Exploring the dynamic interactions between literary translation commercial publishing, and the politics of 'traditional' Chinese culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this book traces how Lin Shu and a team of translators brought classic Western novels by Melville, Stowe, Dickens, and others to China.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Dec. 14, 2012).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Broken tools -- The name is changed, but the tale is told of you -- Double exposure -- Looking backward? -- The national classicist -- Becoming Wang Jingxuan -- Conclusion : pure and chaste writing.
Lin, Shu, 1852-1924.
Shang wu yin shu guan
Literature
Translating and interpreting
Literature publishing
Book industries and trade
Languages & Literatures
East Asian Languages & Literatures