There are not many old Korean love tales, but everyone knows the story of Chunhyang.In 1892, the first Korean to visit Paris, Hong Jong-u, helped publish a French version of the story of Chunhyang. Ti
Literary Nonfiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. This anthology is a compilation of Westerners' accounts of their visits to Korea, originally published in books or newspapers before the country op
Posing the question of reciprocity between all things, South Korean Lee Seong-bok’s poetry peels back the fragile layers of this world, and echoes the unheard voices of ?mouthless things.” Lee earned
Fiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. The French writer and Nobel Literature laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio is one of the most translated authors in the world and widely considered a living legend
For the first time, English-language readers can access the poems of Jeong Ho-seung, who has become one of Korea's most beloved poets since his literary debut in 1973. A total of 216 poems spanning ov