…Just as the rental book business in Japan was closely related to hot spring resorts such as Kinosaki, it also flourished in Britain as an indispensable part of resort areas such as Bath (literally meaning hot springs), a hot spring resort that had existed since the Roman era. From Smollett, who wrote picaresque novels, to W. Scott, who wrote historical novels with beautiful ladies and jousting matches, the so-called Gothic romance, which aimed for sensation and sentimentality, was born, and Minerva, which specialized in publishing these, also ran a rental book business called the Minerva Library, which mainly sold its own products, around 1770. As the rental book business developed, writers themselves were forced to write books suitable for rental. … *Some of the terminology that refers to "Minerva Library" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…日本での貸本業が城崎のような湯治場と無縁でなかったように,イギリスにおいてもローマ支配時代からの温泉場バース(文字どおり温泉の意)をはじめとする保養地には欠かせないものとして栄える。ピカレスク(悪漢)小説のスモレットから,美姫あり槍試合ありの時代小説を書いたW.スコットにいたる時期に,センセーションとセンティメンタルをねらいとするいわゆるゴシック・ロマンスが生まれ,これを専門に出版したミネルバ社は,自社の製品を主に1770年ころミネルバ文庫Minerva Libraryという貸本業をも経営する。貸本業の発達とともに,作家自体が貸本向きの本を書かされるという事態が生じる。… ※「Minerva Library」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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