,

Chinese Dreams in Romantic England

The Life and Times of Thomas Manning

Gebonden EN 2022 9781526164551
€ 38,03
Levertijd ± 11 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden

Samenvatting

A brilliant polymath and part of the 'first wave' of British Romanticism, Thomas Manning was one of the first Englishmen to study Chinese language and culture. Like famous friends including Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Charles Lamb, Manning was inspired by the French Revolution and had ambitious plans for making a better world. While his contemporaries turned to the poetic imagination and the English countryside, Manning looked further afield – to China, one of the world’s most ancient and sophisticated civilizations. His travels included the salons of Napoleonic Paris, a period as a prisoner of war, a dramatic shipwreck and, disguised as a Buddhist pilgrim, a trek through the Himalayas to Tibet, where he met the Dalai Lama. Manning’s extraordinary story sheds a new light on English Romanticism. -- .

Specificaties

ISBN13:9781526164551
Taal:EN
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:280

Lezersrecensies

Wees de eerste die een lezersrecensie schrijft!

Managementboek Top 100

€ 38,03
Levertijd ongeveer 11 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden

Rubrieken

Producten

    Auteurs

      Trefwoorden

        Artikelen

          Chinese Dreams in Romantic England