LEADER 03929nam 22007092 450 001 9910452498503321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-107-27238-6 010 $a1-139-89059-X 010 $a1-107-27179-7 010 $a1-316-60099-8 010 $a1-107-27837-6 010 $a1-139-00380-1 010 $a1-107-27388-9 010 $a1-107-27511-3 010 $a1-107-27714-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000001108187 035 $a(EBL)1303622 035 $a(OCoLC)854975208 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000949847 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12467006 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000949847 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11004629 035 $a(PQKB)10678584 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139003803 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1303622 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1303622 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10740461 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL508530 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001108187 100 $a20110124d2013|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aChina and the Victorian imagination $eempires entwined /$fRoss G. Forman$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 300 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ;$v85 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-01315-1 311 $a1-299-77279-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aWhat happens to our understanding of 'orientalism' and imperialism when we consider British-Chinese relations during the nineteenth century, rather than focusing on India, Africa or the Caribbean? This book explores China's centrality to British imperial aspirations and literary production, underscoring the heterogeneous, interconnected nature of Britain's formal and informal empire. To British eyes, China promised unlimited economic possibilities, but also posed an ominous threat to global hegemony. Surveying anglophone literary production about China across high and low cultures, as well as across time, space and genres, this book demonstrates how important location was to the production, circulation and reception of received ideas about China and the Chinese. In this account, treaty ports matter more than opium. Ross Forman challenges our preconceptions about British imperialism, reconceptualizes anglophone literary production in the global and local contexts, and excavates the little-known Victorian history so germane to contemporary debates about China's 'rise'. 410 0$aCambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ;$v85. 517 3 $aChina & the Victorian Imagination 606 $aEnglish literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish literature$xChinese influences 607 $aGreat Britain$xCivilization$xChinese influences 607 $aChina$xIn literature 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xChinese influences. 676 $a820.9/3251 700 $aForman$b Ross G.$01026662 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452498503321 996 $aChina and the Victorian imagination$92441684 997 $aUNINA