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

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• Autori: Edward Mack
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 20.08.2010
• EAN: 9780822346722
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-4672-2
• Pagine: 277
• Serie: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society; Asia-Pacific, Culture, Politic; Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society; Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politic
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Singoli rami economici, branche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature