China and Japan in the Russian Imagination, 1685-1922: To the Ends of the Orient - Paperback

by Susanna Soojung Lim (Author)

Drawing on a wide range of work by Russian writers and thinkers, this book sets out how Russian perceptions of China and Japan were formed and modified from Muscovy's first contacts with China in the late seventeenth century, through to the aftermath of Russia's defeat by Japan in the early twentieth century.

Author Biography

Susanna Soojung Lim is an Assistant Professor in Literature at the University of Oregon, USA.