Manufacturing Modern Japanese Literature - Publishing, Prizes, and the Ascription of Literary Value

Informationen zum Autor Edward Mack Klappentext A history of Japanese publishing in the interwar period, addressing the material production of literary texts and the creation of literary value. Zusammenfassung A history of book production and consumption in Japan showing how the Tokyo-based publishing industry manufactured the very concept of modern Japanese literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Publishing and the Creation of an Alternative Economy of Value 1 1. Modernity as Rupture: The Concentration of Print Capital 17 2. The Stability of the Center: Tokyo Publishing and the Great Kanto Earthquake 51 3. The Static Canon: Kaizosha's Complete Works of Contemporary Japanese Literature 91 4. Defining and Defending Literary Value: Debates, 1919-1935 139 5. The Dynamic Canon: The Akutagawa and Naoki Prizes for Literature 181 Epilogue 223 Appendix 237 Notes 243 Works Cited 297 Index 311

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Edward Mack, Edward Mack
• Collaboration: Rey Chow (Editeur)
• Edition: Duke University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 20.08.2010
• EAN: 9780822346609
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-4660-9
• Pages: 336
• Thèmes: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society; Asia-Pacific, Culture, Politic; Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society; Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politic
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Autres langues / Autres littératures; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Economie > Branches spécifiques de l'économie