Acknowledgments
Note to Readers
Introduction: Reclaiming the Great Unread
1. The Culture of the Written Word
2. The Publishing Business
3. Negotiating the Way
4. Civility Matters
5. Say It in a Skillful Letter
6. A Commitment to the Present
7. The Triumph of Plurality
Epilogue: Wayfinding
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Laura Moretti is senior lecturer in premodern Japanese studies at the University of Cambridge and a fellow at Emmanuel College. She is the author of Recasting the Past: An Early Modern "Tales of Ise" for Children (2016).