Author: Ŭn-bong PakPublisher:
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Category : Korea
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Letters from Korean History: From the Later Three Kingdoms to Goryeo
Author: Ŭn-bong PakLetters from Korean History
Author: Eunbong ParkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Korea
Languages : en
Pages : 1256
Book Description
Faltering Silla and the Later Three Kingdoms; Wang Geon unifi es the Later Three Kingdoms; Goryeo: land of 'munbeol' aristocrats; Thirty years of war with the Khitans; Byeongnando: international port of 'Korea'. Goryeo, land of Buddhism. How did the people of Goryeo live? The military takes over. The struggle for a true meritocracy. Peasants and 'cheonin' take on the Mongols. The 'Tripitaka Koreana' and inlaid celadon: embodiments of the spirit of Goryeo. 'Samguk sagi' and 'Samguk yusa': two history books, two agendas. King Gongmin's reforms. Cotton and gunpowder.
From the Later Three Kingdoms to Goryeo
Author: Eunbong ParkBrief History
Author: Mark PetersonPublisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438127383
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Written by one of the leading experts on Korea, A Brief History of Korea covers the history of Korea from the origins of the Korean people in prehistoric times to the economic and political situation in North and South Korea today. Providing a detailed overview of the cultural and historical influences that have shaped Korean society, the author discusses the major periods of Korean history Three Kingdoms, Koryo Dynasty, and Chosun Dynasty; the foreign invasions Korea has endured; the post-World War II situation that led to the country's division and the Korean War; and developments in North and South Korea from the end of the Korean War up through the present.
Dream Sky
Author: Shin Chae-hoPublisher: Literature Translation Institute of Korea
ISBN: 8993360448
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 51
Book Description
Shin Chae-ho’s nationalist novella Dream Sky, written in 1916, reads like a cross between The Apocalypse of St. John and Pilgrim’s Progress. The first several lines depict the protagonist Hannom seeing a divine figure revealed in the heavens who announces the necessity of struggling for national survival. Battles in the sky follow and reflect battles on earth. Hannom, however, is called on not merely to observe and record, but also to join in a celestial battle against Japanese invaders. Yet, he encounters various tests and temptations along the way that distract him from his goal of reaching the battle, and that teach him of his own weaknesses and shortcomings.
The Mermaid from Jeju
Author: Sumi HahnPublisher: Crooked Lane Books
ISBN: 1643854410
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
A POPSUGAR Best Book of December 2020 An AMAZON Editors Pick December 2020 A SHE READS Best Historical Fiction Novel Winter 2021 A BUSTLE Most Anticipated Winter 2021 Read A LIBRO.FM Influencer Pick, December 2020 Inspired by true events on Korea's Jeju Island, Sumi Hahn's "entrancing [debut] novel, brimming with lyricism and magic" (Jennifer Rosner, The Yellow Bird Sings) explores what it means to truly love in the wake of devastation. In the aftermath of World War II, Goh Junja is a girl just coming into her own. She is the latest successful deep sea diver in a family of strong haenyeo. Confident she is a woman now, Junja urges her mother to allow her to make the Goh family's annual trip to Mt. Halla, where they trade abalone and other sea delicacies for pork. Junja, a sea village girl, has never been to the mountains, where it smells like mushrooms and earth. While there, she falls in love with a mountain boy Yang Suwol, who rescues her after a particularly harrowing journey. But when Junja returns one day later, it is just in time to see her mother take her last breath, beaten by the waves during a dive she was taking in Junja's place. Spiraling in grief, Junja sees her younger siblings sent to live with their estranged father. Everywhere she turns, Junja is haunted by the loss of her mother, from the meticulously tended herb garden that has now begun to sprout weeds, to the field where their bed sheets are beaten. She has only her grandmother and herself. But the world moves on without Junja. The political climate is perilous. Still reeling from Japan's forced withdrawal from the peninsula, Korea is forced to accommodate the rapid establishment of US troops. Junja's canny grandmother, who lived through the Japanese invasion that led to Korea's occupation understands the signs of danger all too well. When Suwol is arrested for working with and harboring communists, and the perils of post-WWII overtake her homelands, Junja must learn to navigate a tumultuous world unlike anything she's ever known.
Art of the Korean Renaissance, 1400-1600
Author: Soyoung LeePublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588393100
Category : Art, Korean
Languages : fr
Pages : 142
Book Description
Ireland
Author: Thomas BartlettPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521197201
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 643
Book Description
Acclaimed political, social, cultural and economic history of Ireland from prehistory to the present by one of Ireland's leading historians.
A History of Korea
Author: Jinwung KimPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253000246
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 709
Book Description
Contemporary North and South Korea are nations of radical contrasts: one a bellicose totalitarian state with a failing economy; the other a peaceful democracy with a strong economy. Yet their people share a common history that extends back more than 3,000 years. In this comprehensive new history of Korea from the prehistoric era to the present day, Jinwung Kim recounts the rich and fascinating story of the political, social, cultural, economic, and diplomatic developments in Korea's long march to the present. He provides a detailed account of the origins of the Korean people and language and the founding of the first walled-town states, along with the advanced civilization that existed in the ancient land of "Unified Silla." Clarifying the often complex history of the Three Kingdoms Period, Kim chronicles the five-century long history of the Choson dynasty, which left a deep impression on Korean culture. From the beginning, China has loomed large in the history of Korea, from the earliest times when the tribes that would eventually make up the Korean nation roamed the vast plains of Manchuria and against whom Korea would soon define itself. Japan, too, has played an important role in Korean history, particularly in the 20th century; Kim tells this story as well, including the conflicts that led to the current divided state. The first detailed overview of Korean history in nearly a quarter century, this volume will enlighten a new generation of students eager to understand this contested region of Asia.
A History of Korean Literature
Author: Peter H. LeePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139440861
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
This is a comprehensive narrative history of Korean literature. It provides a wealth of information for scholars, students and lovers of literature. Combining both history and criticism the study reflects the latest scholarship and offers a systematic account of the development of all genres. Consisting of twenty-five chapters, it covers twentieth-century poetry, fiction by women and the literature of North Korea. This is a major contribution to the field and a study that will stand for many years as the primary resource for studying Korean literature.