Forging Romantic China : Sino-British Cultural Exchange 1760-1840. by Kitson, Peter J.

Table of Contents: “…Sorrows and shadows: Davis, Chinese literature, and Romantic poeticsDavis's fortunate union; Davis's the chinese (1836): opium, tea, and war; Chapter 5 Establishing the "Great Divide": scientific exchange, trade, and the Macartney embassy; China, science, and modernity; Banks, global botany, tea, and the Macartney embassy; Science and modernity: Britons bearing gifts; Chapter 6 "You will be taking a trip into China, I suppose": kowtows, teacups, and the evasions of British Romantic writing on China; Chinese kowtows; Robert southey's Chinese failures; Southey, Baillie, and porcelain.…”
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A relationship restored : trends in U.S.-China educational exchanges, 1978-1984 by Lampton, David M.

Table of Contents: “…ASSESSMENT OF LANGUAGE PREPARATION OF AMERICAN STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS WHO GO TO CHINAWHERE TO STUDY CHINESE LANGUAGE -- ASSESSMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PREPARATION OF PRC STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS WHO COME TO THE UNITED STATES -- PRINCIPAL FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- NOTES -- 7 The Consequences of Exchange for Selected Disciplines -- SELECTED FIELDS OF CHINESE STUDIES -- Study of the Chinese Past -- Sociology and Anthropology -- Political Science -- Aspects of Chinese Literature (Modern and Traditional) and the Arts -- Economics -- AMERICAN STUDIES…”
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The world of a tiny insect : a memoir of the Taiping rebellion and its aftermath by Zhang, Daye, 1854-

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Ethical exchanges in translation, adaptation and dramaturgy

Table of Contents: “…The Nomadic Dramaturge: Negotiating Subjectivity, Multicultural Translation, and Dramaturgical Composition Fiona Graham; The Development Process; Facilitating Intracultural Dialogue; Facilitating Intercultural Performance; Audience Reception; Part 4; Stolen in Translation-Ambiguity and Omission; CHAPTER 7; One Problem Play, Two Measures: Translatability of Christian Ethics in Two Adaptations of Measure for Measure ; Jenny Wong; Untranslatability of Religious Discourse in Translated Chinese Literature; Socio-cultural Conditions; Cognitive Conditions of the Director…”
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Simon Leys : Navigator Between Worlds. by Paquet, Philippe

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The Routledge handbook of Chinese applied linguistics

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: language in action, language in context / Chu-Ren Huang, Zhuo Jing-Schmidt and Barbara Meisterernst -- Chinese philosophy, religions and language / Friederike Assandri and Barbara Meisterernst -- Chinese language and Buddhism / Jiandao, Jianxun and Jiajuan Xiong -- Chinese language and Christianity / Federico Masini -- Chinese language and the Silk Roads / Barbara Meisterernst -- Chinese, food and menus / Yao Yao and Qi Su -- Chinese language and fruits / Shelley Ching-yu Depner -- Colour terms in Chinese / Huei-ling Lai -- The function of poetic language and rhymes in pre-modern Chinese literature / Barbara Meisterernst -- Chinese cultures of learning: elicited metaphor research / Lixian Jin and Martin Cortazzi -- Learning "Chinese" as a heritage language: challenges, issues and ways forward / Patricia Duff and Liam Doherty -- Chinese language and gender research marjorie / K.M. …”
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The Columbia Companion to modern East Asian literature

Table of Contents: “…Literary communities and the production of literature; 60. Modern Chinese literature as an institution: canon and literary history; Authors, Works, Schools.…”
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Slapping the table in amazement : a Ming Dynasty story collection by Ling, Mengchu, 1580-1644

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