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-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 112.

Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 112

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self-publishing--China--History.

Self-publishing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 v. XIII-249 p.) : illustrations, jaquette illustrations en coul. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : Harvard University Asia Center : Harvard University Press, [2018]

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:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-68417-096-6

OCLC:

1153530107

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684170968 DOI