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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813314103321

Titolo

Modern Korean literature : an anthology, 1908-65 / / edited by Chung Chong-wha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2010, ©1995

ISBN

1-283-71123-0

0-203-03854-1

1-136-16065-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (503 p.)

xli, 467 pages

Collana

Korean culture series

Altri autori (Persone)

ChungChong-wha

Disciplina

895.7/08004

895.708

895.708004

Soggetti

Korean literature - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: London : Kegan Paul International, 1995.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. 'Meetings and farewells' and other stories -- pt. 2. 'The crag' and other stories -- pt. 3. 'Winter, 1964, Seoul' and other stories.

Sommario/riassunto

The sixth book in Kegan Paul International's ""Korean Culture Series"", this volume contains thirty stories that have been selected on the basis of historical interest and literary worth, each representing a monumental moment in the history of Korean Literature. The ten stories in the first part share the common theme of the Korean experience of the confrontation between man and woman; in some stories the relationship is portrayed as innocent and pure, in others the relationship becomes more sophisticated and complex. The ten stories in the second part all deal with old Korean or the old Ko