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Book: Mark Twain in China
Title | Mark Twain in China |
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Keywords | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Knowledge -- Chinese Americans Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Appreciation -- China Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Influence Chinese Americans in literature |
Issue Date | 2015 |
Publisher | Stanford University Press |
Citation | Lai Henderson, S. Mark Twain in China. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. 2015 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835–1910) has had an intriguing relationship with China that is not as widely known as it should be. Although he never visited the country, he played a significant role in speaking for the Chinese people both at home and abroad. After his death, his Chinese adventures did not come to an end, for his body of works continued to travel through China in translation throughout the twentieth century. Were Twain alive today, he would be elated to know that he is widely studied and admired there, and that Adventures of Huckleberry Finn alone has gone through no less than ninety different Chinese translations, traversing China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Looking at Twain in various Chinese contexts—his response to events involving the American Chinese community and to the Chinese across the Pacific, his posthumous journey through translation, and China's reception of the author and his work, Mark Twain in China points to the repercussions of Twain in a global theater. It highlights the cultural specificity of concepts such as 'race,' 'nation,' and 'empire,' and helps us rethink their alternative legacies in countries with dramatically different racial and cultural dynamics from the United States. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/212494 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Lai Henderson, S | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-21T02:37:05Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-21T02:37:05Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Lai Henderson, S. Mark Twain in China. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. 2015 | - |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9780804789646 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/212494 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835–1910) has had an intriguing relationship with China that is not as widely known as it should be. Although he never visited the country, he played a significant role in speaking for the Chinese people both at home and abroad. After his death, his Chinese adventures did not come to an end, for his body of works continued to travel through China in translation throughout the twentieth century. Were Twain alive today, he would be elated to know that he is widely studied and admired there, and that Adventures of Huckleberry Finn alone has gone through no less than ninety different Chinese translations, traversing China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Looking at Twain in various Chinese contexts—his response to events involving the American Chinese community and to the Chinese across the Pacific, his posthumous journey through translation, and China's reception of the author and his work, Mark Twain in China points to the repercussions of Twain in a global theater. It highlights the cultural specificity of concepts such as 'race,' 'nation,' and 'empire,' and helps us rethink their alternative legacies in countries with dramatically different racial and cultural dynamics from the United States. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Stanford University Press | - |
dc.subject | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Knowledge -- Chinese Americans | - |
dc.subject | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | - |
dc.subject | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Appreciation -- China | - |
dc.subject | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Influence | - |
dc.subject | Chinese Americans in literature | - |
dc.title | Mark Twain in China | - |
dc.type | Book | - |
dc.identifier.email | Lai Henderson, S: sels@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Lai Henderson, S=rp01960 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 244953 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 164 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Stanford, California | - |