1. Promises of Modern Renaissance: Italian Presences in Chinese Modernity Open Access Author: Anderson, Kyle David Title: Promises of Modern Renaissance: Italian Presences in Chinese Modernity Graduate Program: Comparative Literature Keywords: cultural borrowingNew RomeLiang QichaoMarco PoloPetrarchBoccaccioDanteModernityChinese RenaissanceJiao NaifangDecameronsonnetnationalismagency File: Download ChineseRenaissanceAllFiles02Aug2010.pdf Committee Members: Alexander C Y Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorAlexander C Y Huang, Committee Chair/Co-ChairCaroline Davis Eckhardt, Committee MemberOn Cho Ng, Committee MemberRobert R Edwards, Committee Member