The Uses of Literature in Modern Japan: Histories and Cultures of the Book

by Sari Kawana

Book Overview

The Uses of Literature in Modern Japan explores the varying uses of literature in Japan from the late Meiji period to the present, considering how creators, conveyors, and consumers of literary content have treated texts and their authors as cultural resources to be packaged, promoted, and preserved.

As the printed word became a crucial form of entertainment and edification for an increasingly literate public in early 20th-century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350024910
• ISBN13: 9781350024915
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"