The False Formosan

The False Formosan George Psalmanazar and the Eighteenth-Century Experiment of Identity

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Publisher's Synopsis

This is reconsideration of the Assyrian Christian scholar and confidence man George Psalmanazar who dazzled 18th-century London in the disguise of a Chinese savant. Swiderski explores the fabulism and credulity of the time as well as analyzing the scientific curiosity aroused by Psalmanazar's writings.

Book information

ISBN: 9780773498587
Publisher: Mellen Research University Press
Imprint: Mellen Research University Press
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Language: English
Number of pages: 270
Weight: 566g
Height: 240mm
Width: 158mm
Spine width: 19mm