Pleasure in profit : popular prose in seventeenth-century Japan /

"The late seventeenth century was a time of peace in Japan, and consequently, schools and culture flourished even for non-elites. Although publishing for vernacular-only (i.e., not literary Sinitic) readers was big business, both Japanese and Western scholarship has largely ignored these books,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Moretti, Laura (Lecturer in Pre-modern Japanese Studies) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
1600-1868
Japanese prose literature > Edo period, 1600-1868 > History and criticism.
Popular literature > Japan > History and criticism.
Prose japonaise > 1600-1868 (Époque d'Edo) > Histoire et critique.
Paralittérature > Japon > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese
Japanese prose literature > Edo period
Popular literature
Japan
Literary criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Reclaiming the Great Unread
  • The Culture of the Written Word
  • The Publishing Business
  • Negotiating the Way
  • Civility Matters
  • Say It in a Skillful Letter
  • A Commitment to the Present
  • The Triumph of Plurality
  • Epilogue: Wayfinding.

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