Writing for print : publishing and the making of textual authority in late imperial China
Title:
Writing for print : publishing and the making of textual authority in late imperial China
Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ;
Author:
Son, Suyoung, author.
ISBN:
9780674983830
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Physical Description:
xiii, 249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series:
Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 112.
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I. Publishing practices of writers in the seventeenth century. The making of the printed text -- Publishing for reputation -- The economics of print -- Part II. Transregional impact in the eighteenth century. Censorship of installment publication in Qing China -- Transnational circulation of Tanji congshu and censorship in Chosŏn Korea -- Conclusion : publishing and the making of textual authority -- Appendix : bibliographical notes on extant editions of Zhang Chao.
Abstract:
"Examines the widespread practice of self-publishing by writers in late imperial China, focusing on the inextricable relationships between manuscript tradition and print convention, between peer patronage and popular fame, and between gift exchange and commercial transactions in textual production and circulation"--Provided by publisher.
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Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-238) and index.
Field 805:
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