Writing for Print : Publishing and the Making of Textual Authority in Late Imperial China / Suyoung Son.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Son, Suyoung, author.

Series:

Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 112.

Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection, ISBN ; 9789004407077.

Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 112

Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection, ISBN: 9789004407077

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authorship.

Censorship.

Printing--China--History.

Printing.

Self-publishing.

History.

China.

Self-publishing--China--History.

China--History--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Publishing and the Making of Textual Authority in Late Imperial China

Place of Publication:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

Part I. Publishing practice of writers in the seventeenth century: The making of the printed text

Publishing for reputation

The economics of print

Part II. Trans-regional impact in the eighteenth century: Censorship of installment publication in Qing China

Transnational circulation of Tanji Congshu and censorship in Choson Korea

Conclusion: publishing and how to make textual authority.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-238) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Writing for Print : Publishing and the Making of Textual Authority in Late Imperial China,

ISBN:

9781684170968

9780674983830

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684170968 DOI

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.