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The Chinese Impact upon English Renaissance Literature A Globalization and Liberal Cosmopolitan Approach to Donne and Milton
By Mingjun Lu
Copyright 2015
252 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Chinese Impact upon English Renaissance Literature examines how English writers responded to the cultural shock caused by the first substantial encounter between China and Western Europe. Author Mingjun Lu explores how Donne and Milton came to be aware of England’s participation in ’the race for the Far East’ launched by Spain and Portugal, and how this new global awareness shaped their... Read more
China in early modern globalization: a liberal cosmopolitan model. Global silver-gold flows: the Chinese resonance of Donne's 'unfil'd pistolets'. The Anyan Strait: Donne's global vision and theological cosmopolitanism. Chinese chronology and Donne's apologetic exegesis in Essayes in Divnity. The resonance of Chinese antiquity in Milton's Paradise Lost. Webb's Chinese linguistic model and the primitive language in Milton's Paradise Lost. The Mongol Tartars' world imperialism and Milton's vision of global governance.
Biography
Mingjun Lu is an independent scholar.
