A Chinese Mirror: Being Reflections Of The Reality Behind Appearance

Ayscough, Florence (Wheelock); Drawings By Lucille Douglas

Edité par Jonathan Cape / Houghton Mifflin Company, London / Boston & New York, 1925

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464 Pp. + Folding Map At End. Black Cloth Spine Lettered In Gilt, Multicolored Boards. First American Printing, 1925, Using Sheets Printed In Great Britain, "First Published In Mcmxxv" Stated On Copyright Page, Cape Indicated Above, With Houghton Dust Jacket Priced $5.00 Twice. Some Wear, Spine Lettering Quite Clear But Not Bright, No Marks, Fraying At Tips And Along Bottom Edges Of Boards. Dust Jacket With Light Usage, Smal Losses At Upper Corners. Florence (Wheelock) Ayscough Macnair (1875 ?1942) Was A Sinologist, Writer And Translator Of Chinese Literature, Born In Shanghai, China, To Canadian Father Thomas Reed Wheelock And American Mother Edith H. Clarke. Ayscough Attended Shaw School In Brookline, Massachusetts, Where She Met Amy Lowell. The Two Were Lifelong Friends. Ayscough's Family Returned To Live In China When She Was In Her Early Twenties. Ayscough Was A Lecturer On Chinese Art And Literature And Was The Author Of Eight Books On Chinese History, Culture, Literary Criticism And Translation. She Traveled As A Lecturer To Cities Including London, Paris, Berlin And New York. Ayscough Accepted A Permanent Lecturing Post At The University Of Chicago In 1938, Where She Lectured On Chinese Literature And Continued Her Translation Work And Documenting The History And Culture Of China. She Was Honorary Librarian Of The North China Branch Royal Asiatic Society In Shanghai For Fifteen Years. She Collected Modern Chinese Paintings, Including Work By Xu Gu. Her Efforts Introduced This Chinese Art Form To The American Public.Her Writings Included Translations Of Classical Poetry And Essays On Chinese Art, History, And Philosophy. She Work Also Attempted To Correct Previous Inaccurate Attempts To Translate The Cultures Of Ancient And Contemporary China, For Example Perspectives Of China As A Stagnant Culture. In Addition To Countering Negative Stereotypes With Positive Reevaluations, She Also Sought To Correct Misinformation. For Example, Her Review Of The 1931 Novel The Good Earth By American Writer Pearl Buck, Ayscough Praised The Choice Of Contemporary Chinese Peasantry As The Subject, But Criticized The Accuracy. Ayscough Had A Strong Influence On The Work Of Her Friend Amy Lowell, Being The Source Of Lowell's Interest In Asian Culture And Chinese Poetry. Ayscough Introduced Lowell To Chinese Paintings And Poetry In 1917. On A Visit To America, She Brought With Her Chinese Word Pictures That She Translated Into English, Which Lowell Turned Into Rhymed Poetry. Her First Book, Fir-Flower Tablets, With Amy Lowell, Was A Translation Of Poems From The Chinese. A Chinese Mirror, Published In 1925, Was An Analysis Of The Structure Of Chinese Society And Government, In Particular The Symbolism Of The Beijing Imperial Palaces. She Published Tu Fu, The Autobiography Of A Chinese Poet In 1929, And Her Translations Of The Poems Of Tu Fu, With A Biography Constructed Using His Poetry. In 1934 She Published Travels Of A Chinese Poet. These Two Works Contributed To The Introduction Of Tu Fu To The British Public. Her Final Work, Chinese Women Yesterday And To-Day, Published In 1937, Examined Contemporary Chinese Women Leaders As Successors Of A Long Line Of Capable, Though Secluded, Chinese Women. Ayscough Contributed Articles To The Encyclopaedia Sinica. Ayscough's Correspondence With Amy Lowell Was Compiled And Published By Her Husband Professor Harley Macnair. Lucille Douglass (1878, - 1935) Was An American Painter, Etcher, And Lecturer. In 1920, Douglass Went To China As An Employee Of The Board Of Foreign Missions Of The Methodist Episcopal Church. She Organized And Supervised A Workshop In Shanghai, Where Chinese Women Hand-Colored Photographic Slides For The Missionary Society. Douglass Also Became A Writer And Associate Editor Of Shanghai Times. Douglass Formed Close Friendships With Writers Florence Wheelock Ayscough And Helen Churchill Candee. Douglass Eventually Illustrate Books For Both Of Them.

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• Titre: A Chinese Mirror: Being Reflections Of The Reality Behind Appearance
• Éditeur: Jonathan Cape / Houghton Mifflin Company, London / Boston & New York
• Date de parution: 1925
• Langue: anglais
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First American Edition
• Impression: 1st Printing
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
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