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An English Watchmaker in 18th Century China : Christoph Ransmayr’s Novel “Cox oder Der Lauf der Zeit” (Cox, or the Passage of Time) Kosenina, Alexander

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The Austrian author Christoph Ransmayr, best known for his Ovid-pastiche "The Last World" (1988), depicts 18th Century China in his latest novel Cox, or the Passage of Time (2016). While the famous English watchmaker James Cox (1723-1800) is in its centre, the book is not a historical novel, rather it is a piece of fanciful fiction, based on facts, about the strategic, political and philosophical significance of time itself.

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An English Watchmaker in 18th Century China : Christoph Ransmayr’s Novel “Cox oder Der Lauf der Zeit” (Cox, or the Passage of Time)
Creator
Kosenina, Alexander
Contributor
University of British Columbia. Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies
Date Issued
2019-03-19
Description
The Austrian author Christoph Ransmayr, best known for his Ovid-pastiche "The Last World" (1988), depicts 18th Century China in his latest novel Cox, or the Passage of Time (2016). While the famous English watchmaker James Cox (1723-1800) is in its centre, the book is not a historical novel, rather it is a piece of fanciful fiction, based on facts, about the strategic, political and philosophical significance of time itself.
Type
Moving Image
Language
eng
Series
Ziegler lecture series
Date Available
2020-05-12
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0390459
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/74405
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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