{"product_id":"mujong-the-heartless-yi-kwang-su-and-modern-korean-literature-paperback-softback-9781885445278","title":"Mujong (the Heartless); Yi Kwang-su and Modern Korean Literature (Paperback \/ softback) 9781885445278","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMujong (the Heartless)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eYi Kwang-su and Modern Korean Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKwang-su Yi (Author), Ann Sung-Hi Lee (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781885445278\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 March 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e444 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose of us interested in modern Korean literature are indebted to Ann Sung-Hi Lee for making this full text of Mujong available in English in a thoroughly researched and readable translation.\u003c\/p\u003e - Kichung Kim (Korean Studies Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eYi Kwang-su (1892–1950) was one of the pioneers of modern Korean literature. When the serialization of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMujong (The Heartless)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e began in 1917, it was an immediate sensation, and it occupies a prominent place in the Korean literary canon. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Heartless \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis the story of a love triangle among three youths during the Japanese occupation. Yi HyÅng-sik is a young man in his mid-twenties who is teaching English at a middle school in Seoul. Brilliant but also shy and indecisive, he is torn between two women. Kim SÅn-hyÅng is from a wealthy Christian family; she has just graduated from a modern, Western-style school and is planning on continuing her studies in the United States. Pak YÅng-ch'ae is a musically gifted young woman who was raised in a traditional Confucian manner; due to family misfortune, she has become a kisaeng but remains devoted to HyÅng-sik whom she knew as a child. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Heartless \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003egoes beyond the level of romantic melodrama and uses these characters to depict Korea's struggles with modern culture and national identity. A long critical introduction discusses Yi Kwang-su's life and work from his birth in 1892 to the publication of his first novel \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Heartless\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e in 1917. It contains in-depth analyses of the novel, Yi Kwang-su's literary theory, and early short stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell East Asia Series","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681325347096,"sku":"9781885445278","price":29.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/mujong-the-heartless-yi-kwang-su-and-modern-korean-literature-paperback-softback-9781885445278","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}