%A PAN Jianguo %T Metal typography, stone lithography and the dissemination of Ming-Qing popular fictions in Shanghai between 1874 and 1911 %0 Journal Article %D 2008 %J Front. Lit. Stud. China %J Frontiers of Literary Studies in China %@ 1673-7318 %R 10.1007/s11702-008-0022-1 %P 561-582 %V 2 %N 4 %U {https://journal.hep.com.cn/flsc/EN/10.1007/s11702-008-0022-1 %8 2008-12-05 %X

Based on historical documents concerning reprinted or illustrated editions of Ming-Qing popular fictions and the sequels to some of them, this article presents a study of the widespread use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.