Китай и британският имагологичен дискурс през 18 век
China and the Eighteenth-century British Imagological Discourse

Summary/Abstract: The beginning of the eighteenth century brought a shift in the general British attitude towards the Orient and specifically towards China. This change was gradual and did not become particularly conspicuous in travel accounts, works of fiction and other texts until the second half of the century but signs of it began to manifest themselves relatively early. Until the period of British Enlightenment the Middle Kingdom was regarded with general benevolence and approval. The paper focuses on some of the changes in this attitude during the eighteenth century.

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