Pleasure in Profit: Popular Prose in Seventeenth-Century Japan

by Laura Moretti and Laura Moretti (le

Book Overview

In the seventeenth century, Japanese popular prose flourished as waves of newly literate readers gained access to the printed word. Commercial publishers released vast numbers of titles in response to readers' hunger for books that promised them potent knowledge. However, traditional literary histories of this period position the writings of Ihara Saikaku at center stage, largely neglecting the breadth of popular prose.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231197233
• ISBN13: 9780231197236
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"