| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 416 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
"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, concentrating instead on a narrative of the development of the novel in the seventeenth century, culminating in the writings of Ihara Saikaku (1642-1693). In Pleasure in Profit, Laura Moretti studies lowbrow seventeenth-century literature on its own terms, and in doing so, not only presents a much more accurate picture of prose at this time but also contributes to our understanding of Japanese non-elites--for instance, how key principles of Buddhism and Confucianism spread to the populace--and comparative popular culture, showing that this literature was no different from the French bibliothèque bleue, British chapbooks, or the Russian literature of lubok"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Biography |
Laura Moretti is senior lecturer in premodern Japanese studies at the University of Cambridge and a fellow at Emmanuel College. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Japanese prose literature -- Edo period, 1600-1868 -- History and criticism.
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Popular literature -- Japan -- History and criticism.
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Popular literature. |
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Japan. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese. |
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Japanese prose literature -- Edo period. |
| Chronological Term |
1600-1868 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Literary criticism.
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Literary criticism.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Moretti, Laura (Lecturer in Pre-modern Japanese Studies). Pleasure in profit. New York : Columbia University Press, [2020] 9780231197229 (DLC) 2020012016 (OCoLC)1145919624 |
| ISBN |
9780231552059 electronic book |
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023155205X electronic book |
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9780231197229 hardcover |
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9780231197236 trade paperback |
| Music No. |
EB00816704 Recorded Books |
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