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2008 , Vol. 2 >Issue 4: 561 - 582

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11702-008-0022-1

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Metal typography, stone lithography and the dissemination of Ming-Qing popular fictions in Shanghai between 1874 and 1911

  • PAN Jianguo
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  • Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

Published date: 05 Dec 2008

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Abstract

Based on historical documents concerning reprinted or illustrated editions of Ming-Qing popular fictions and the sequels to some of them, this article presents a study of the widespread use of typographic and lithographic printing in Shanghai between 1874 and 1911 and the dissemination of Ming-Qing popular fictions. The advent and widespread use of typographic and lithographic printing had both positive and negative effects on the dissemination of Ming-Qing popular fictions, which finalized the transformation of Chinese fiction written in the colloquial style from traditional popular fiction to new fiction or modern fiction in the late Qing period.

Key words： Shanghai (1874–1911); metal typography; stone lithography; Ming-Qing popular fictions

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PAN Jianguo . Metal typography, stone lithography and the dissemination of Ming-Qing popular fictions in Shanghai between 1874 and 1911[J]. Frontiers of Literary Studies in China, 2008 , 2(4) : 561 -582 . DOI: 10.1007/s11702-008-0022-1

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