Empires of the Mind : I.A. Richards and Basic English in China, 1929-1979 download
Empires of the Mind : I.A. Richards and Basic English in China, 1929-1979 download
Empires of the Mind : I.A. Richards and Basic English in China, 1929-1979.cRodney Koeneke
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Author: Rodney Koeneke
Page Count: 272 pages
Published Date: 01 Feb 2004
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Country: Palo Alto, United States
Language: English
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780804748223
File Name: empires.of.the.mind.i.a..richards.and.basic.english.in.china,.1929-1979.pdf
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Empires of the Mind tells the story of I. A. Richards, Britain's foremost literary critic in the 1920s, and his effort to promote an 850-word version of "global" English in China. Examining the cultural milieu of Cambridge between the World Wars, where Richards's internationalist vision first arose, this book traces the heretofore-unexplored connections between Richards's literary theories and his political ideals. Richards's time in China covers a volatile period in Chinese history: the Japanese occupation, the Communist revolution, and the beginnings of the Cold War all feature prominently in the history of Basic English over a fifty-year period. Koeneke considers Richards's project in the light of current theories about imperialism: Did Basic English anticipate today's multicultural aspirations for global exchange? Or did it advance new "empires of the mind" whose spoils are language and information? Ultimately, the history of Richards's time in China offers a crucial window onto the postcolonial complexities of our own.
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Empires of the Mind : I.A. Richards and Basic English in China, 1929-1979.cRodney Koeneke
Author: Rodney Koeneke
Page Count: 272 pages
Published Date: 01 Feb 2004
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Country: Palo Alto, United States
Language: English
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780804748223
File Name: empires.of.the.mind.i.a..richards.and.basic.english.in.china,.1929-1979.pdf
Download Link: empires of the mind i.a. richards and basic english in china, 1929-1979
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Empires of the Mind tells the story of I. A. Richards, Britain's foremost literary critic in the 1920s, and his effort to promote an 850-word version of "global" English in China. Examining the cultural milieu of Cambridge between the World Wars, where Richards's internationalist vision first arose, this book traces the heretofore-unexplored connections between Richards's literary theories and his political ideals. Richards's time in China covers a volatile period in Chinese history: the Japanese occupation, the Communist revolution, and the beginnings of the Cold War all feature prominently in the history of Basic English over a fifty-year period. Koeneke considers Richards's project in the light of current theories about imperialism: Did Basic English anticipate today's multicultural aspirations for global exchange? Or did it advance new "empires of the mind" whose spoils are language and information? Ultimately, the history of Richards's time in China offers a crucial window onto the postcolonial complexities of our own.
Read online Empires of the Mind : I.A. Richards and Basic English in China, 1929-1979 Buy Empires of the Mind : I.A. Richards and Basic English in China, 1929-1979 Download and read Empires of the Mind : I.A. Richards and Basic English in China, 1929-1979 for pc, mac, kindle, readers Download to iPad/iPhone/iOS, B&N nook Empires of the Mind : I.A. Richards and Basic English in China, 1929-1979