Pleasure in Profit Popular Prose in Seventeenth-Century Japan |
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| Author:
| Moretti, Laura |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-55205-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2021 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $39.99 |
Book Description:
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In the first comprehensive study of the birth of Japanese commercial publishing, Laura Moretti investigates the vibrant world of vernacular popular literature. She marshals new data on the magnitude of the seventeenth-century publishing business and highlights the diversity and porosity of its publishing genres.
In the first comprehensive study of the birth of Japanese commercial publishing, Laura Moretti investigates the vibrant world of vernacular popular literature. She marshals new data on the magnitude of the seventeenth-century publishing business and highlights the diversity and porosity of its publishing genres.