Decadence mandchoue by edmund trelawny backhouse overdrive. Derek sandhaus, the books editor, says one of his favorites is the description of a palace eunuch named lien whose eyes were luminous. Final typescript version of decadence mandchoue, 1943. Edmund trelawny backhouse was a translator who worked in china for the british foreign service as well as for london times. Edmund trelawny backhouse author edmund trelawny backhouse was a translator who worked in china for the british foreign service as well as for london times correspondent george morrison. He said eunuchs washed and perfumed him, and he had to perform like a slave girl in a harem. A selfmade sinologist, he was apparently fluent in chinese and quite well connected, but was also later exposed as a magnificent fraud. This, however, does not mean that western knowledge on cixi. Derek sandhaus, the editor of backhouses memoirs decadence mandchoue, argues that they are also an. An explicitly erotic 1943 manuscript by british orientalist edmund trelawny backhouse is soon to be on bookstore shelves. Hermit of peking is one of the most remarkable pieces of literary detection of recent years.
In 1898 a young englishman walked into a homosexual brothel in peking and began a. Decadence mandchoue strange tales from a chinese studio. Derek sandhous has done painstaking work annotating the latin, french and other references in the work. Derek sandhaus spent years sipping and savoring baijiu on the mainland during his years as a chinabased writer and editor. Pdf hermit of peking download full pdf book download. The china memoirs of sir edmund trelawny backhouse 9789881944511. Backhouse was an extraordinary linguist, scholar, and pedant as well as a true quirk, a hoaxer and forger and a brilliant eroticist.
Old peking was the cultural and political centre of a nation in flux clashing with foreigners knocking on its door. The china memoirs of sir edmund trelawny backhouse by edmund trelawny backhouse in 1898 a young englishman walked into a homosexual brothel in peking and began a journey that he claims took him all the way to the bedchamber of imperial chinas last great ruler, the empress dowager tzu hsi. The china memoirs of edmund trelawny backhouse pdf adobe drm can be read on any device that can open pdf adobe drm files. How sir edmund backhouses infamous china memoirs came to canberra by andrew gosling the national library of australia houses rare typewritten memoirs by the eccentric british sinologist, sir edmund trelawny backhouse 18731944 1. Decadence mandchoue concentrates on his first decade in. Long established as a reputable academic publication, written by experts in their field, the journal contains a fascinating collection of articles on the history and culture of china and asia, with special reference to hong kong which includes historical buildings, social organizations, popular beliefs, vegetation, fauna and change and development. This edition, renamed manchu decadence, is abridged and unexpurgated, meaning that it focuses on the most extraordinary and valuable elements of backhouse s narrative. Paperback and download the peking beijing diaries 190006 of the great victorianedwardian diplomat sir ernest satow, published for the first time ever on, by permission of the national archives uk on behalf of the controller of her majestys stationery office, with an introduction by china expert j. Decadence mandchoue by sir edmund trelawny backhouse the. There are lots of great lines in sir edmund trelawny backhouses decadence mandchoue. Zhongping chen, department of history supervisor dr. Although many of the details of his life are disputed, certain facts are clear. Pdf the western perception of empress dowager cixi.
This acclaimed book by edmund backhouse is available at in several formats for your ereader. Manchu decadence by backhouse, edmund trelawny ebook. May 25, 2017 the man was edmund backhouse, and his controversial memoirs, decadence mandchoue, were published for the first time by earnshaw books in 2011. Decadence mandchoues sir edmund trelawny backhouse cnn travel.
I have tried reader, how i tried to get through sir edmund backhouses posthumously published memoirs decadence mandchoue. The man was sir edmund backhouse, and his controversial memoirs, dacadence mandchoue, were published for the first time by earnshaw books in 2011. This work, written shortly before backhouses death in 1943, lay for decades forgotten and unpublished in the bodleian library at oxford university, dismissed by trevorroper as nothing more than a pornographic novelette. Tales of old hong kong available for download and read online in other formats. Published now for the first time, the controversial memoirs of sinologist sir edmund backhouse, decadence mandchoue, provide a unique and shocking glimpse into the hidden world of chinas imperial palace, with its rampant corruption, grand conspiracies and uninhibited sexuality. The china memoirs of sir edmund trelawny backhouse. It includes a lurid bedroom scene with backhouse and cixi. Derek sandhaus in 1898 a young englishman walked into a homosexual brothel in peking and began a journey that, as he claims, took him all the way to the bedchamber of imperial chinas last great ruler, the empress. In contrast, sir edmund trelawny backhouses picaresque 1943 memoir decadence mandchoue, rediscovered in oxford universitys bodleian library in the 1970s, was totally discredited as a historical source, most notably in a prudish broadside by hugh trevorroper. Decadence mandchoue, like its author, edmund trelawny backhouse, is sui generis. Since his death, however, it has been established that the major source of his china under the empress dowager is a forgery, most likely by. An important source book, decadence mandchoue, manchu decadence, a reference to the manchu ruling class purports to be backhouses memoir of his time in china.
It all began when hugh trevorroper acquired the voluminous memoirs of sir edmund backhouse, uo till then known only as a distinguished chinese scholar. Backhouse was made notorious by hugh trevorropers 1976 bestseller. The man was edmund backhouse, and his controversial memoirs, decadence mandchoue, were published for the first time by earnshaw books in 2011. Apsig newsletter alia asia pacific special interest group. Alternately shocking and lyrical, it is the masterwork of a. This edition, renamed manchu decadence, is abridged and unexpurgated, meaning that it focuses on the most extraordinary and valuable elements of backhouses narrative. Chiangs recourse to this serial fabulists raunchy autobiographical account. This edition, renamed manchu decadence, is abridged and unexpurgated, meaning that it focuses on the most extraordinary and valuable elements of backhouseas narrative. Decadence mandchoue i first started hearing about sir edmund backhouse 18731944 years ago from brendan okane and dave lancashire. In his journey to spiritual enlightenment, he also published tales of old peking and tales of old hong kong and edited decadence mandchoue.
In 1898 a young englishman walked into a homosexual brothel in peking and began a journey that he claims took him all the way to the bedchamber of imperial. Published now for the first time, the controversial memoir of sinologist sir edmund backhouse, decadence mandchoue, provides a unique and shocking glimpse into the hidden world of chinas imperial palace with its rampant corruption, grand conspiracies and uninhibited sexuality. In 1973, trevorroper was invited to visit switzerland to examine a manuscript entitled decadence mandchoue written by the sinologist sir edmund backhouse 18731944 in a mixture of english, french, latin and chinese that had been in the custody of dr reinhard hoeppli, a swiss diplomat who was the swiss consul in beijing during world war ii. How sir edmund backhouses infamous china memoirs came. Dirty chinese isbn 9781569757970 pdf epub edmund backhouse. The dead past is an account of his youth, when he claims to have been the lover of irish writer oscar wilde, french poet paul verlaine, british prime minister lord rosebery, an ottoman princess and other figures of the naughty nineties. He is the coauthor of annals and memoirs of the court of peking and china under the. Sir edmund trelawny backhouse 18731944 was a historian and sinologist. Sir edmund trelawny backhouse, 2nd baronet 20 october 8 january was a british oriental scholar and linguist whose work exerted a powerful influence on the western view of the last decades of the qing dynasty tracy rated it liked it mandcyoue 29, he arrived in beijing in and quickly. Reinhard hoeepli was a swissgerman physician with a distinguished career as a researcher and historian of medical parasitology.
He spent the majority of his career at the peking union medical college in beijing, china, where he undertook research on host responses to parasitic infections, in particular describing the splendorehoeppli phenomenon, between 1929 and 1952. Manchu decadence by edmund trelawny backhouse overdrive. Hoeppli is most widely known for his association with sir edmund backhouse, a controversial and enigmatic chinese scholar, who was his wartime patient towards the end of his life. As a city in the epicentre of change, its history is a tumultuous and exciting one that comes alive in this retelling which brings together a mishmash of photos, clippings and writings to reveal the stories largely untouched in standard accounts of the forbidden city. Gregory blue, department of history departmental member empress dowager cixi is one of the most widely recognized leaders of late qing china, and she has been the major subject of numerous nonfiction and academic publications in europe and north america. Published now for the first time, decadence mandchoue, the controversial memoirs of sinologist sir edmund backhouse, provides a unique. Sir edmund trelawny backhouse, 2nd baronet 20 october 1873 8 january 1944 was a british oriental scholar, sinologist, and linguist whose books exerted a powerful influence on the western view of the last decades of the qing dynasty 16441912. A hidden life the enigma of sir edmund backhouse published in the usa as hermit of peking, the hidden life of sir edmund backhouse 1976 edmund trelawny backhouse, derek sandhaus, ed. This acclaimed book by edmund backhouse is available at in. In his final years, backhouse prepared two volumes of autobiography. The china memoirs of sir edmund trelawny backhouse, ed.
Download pdf tales of old hong kong book full free. How sir edmund backhouses infamous china memoirs came to. Sir edmund trelawny backhouse, 2nd baronet 20 october 1873 8 january 1944 was a. With hoepplis encouragement, backhouse wrote two scandalous and unpublishable memoirs which remained in hoepplis safekeeping until his own death in 1973. The china memoirs of sir edmund trelawny backhouse, edited by derek sandhaus. The literary afterlife of sir edmund trelawny backhouse brian reinken submitted under the supervision of michael hancher to the university honors program at the university of minnesotatwin cities in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of bachelor of arts, summa cum laude, in english. Pdf tales of old hong kong download full pdf book download. Decadence mandchoues sir edmund trelawny backhouse cnn. It all began when hugh trevorroper acquired the voluminous memoirs of sir edmund backhouse, uo till then known only as a distinguished chinese scholar who had lived quietly until his death in 1944. The china memoirs of edmund trelawny backhouse ebook. Januar 1944 in peking war ein britischer orientwissenschaftler. The china memoirs of edmund trelawny backhouse edmund trelawny backhouse download here.
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