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  Korean Classic Stories: Lives of Women (vol. 5)

  “The Widow” and “Her Dying Words” are two notable examples of yadam that dealt with problems relating to social conventions. Understanding these works requires an awareness of the marital customs of the aristocracy, particularly the proscription against the remarriage of a widow. The conventional wisdom was that...

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  Korean Classic Stories: War & Exile (vol. 3)

  While its story is set in a time of tremendous historical and political change, The Tale of Choe Cheok is not a story that concerns itself with the rise and fall of states or the challenges facing societies. Instead, it focuses on individual experiences. In short, the ultimate human values that motivate these characters to survive are love...

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  Shadows of the Void

  Contents Introduction I. Snow on the Charles River (1979) Church Buried in Snow Fields Deep in Snow Heart’s Hill On a Snowbound Road A Butterfly’s Dream  Anti-Poem Between Languages  Rondo Zazen

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  Korean Classic Stories (set)

  This collection of stories from the Joseon Dynasty portrays the lives of people who were deeply immersed in Confucianism and its venerated ethics. The books in the series look at the lives of women, artists, lovers, aristocrats, and commoners, providing a vibrant understanding of the Joseon period.   1. Avengers & Artists :...

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  Korean Classic Stories: Confucians in Love (vol. 2)

  “The Tale of Sim Saeng” builds on a structure similar to the first half of “Looking Over the Wall: the Tale of Yi Saeng,” and yet it is a tragedy with a completely different tone and story arc. The two works are alike in that the youths fall in love when they chance upon the other on the street, and that the affairs progress as...

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  In Search of Lost G (Korean Version)

  Contents   PART 1 영미의 느닷없는 전화 9 PART 2 노스필드, 매사추세츠 19 PART 3 뉴잉글랜드의 디씨듀어스 숲 27 PART 4 지난 봄학기에 일어난 쥐와 페이지의 연애 사건 1 37 PART 5 영미의 스칼릿 레터 106 PART 6 지난...

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  Traditional Painting: Window on the Korean Mind

  Korean painting reveals a connectivity with nature that parallels the Korean traditional world view. Living in a dramatic landscape of rugged peaks, deep valleys and broad rivers, Koreans have long held nature in deep reverence. This...

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  Korean Classic Stories: Avengers & Artists (vol. 1)

  “The Swordswoman” is very exceptional in that its protagonist is a swordswoman. The double-layered plot is also highly unusual: two women, a mistress and her slave, join forces for vengeance, after which the mistress takes her own life, and the protagonist—the slave—conceals her identity and becomes the concubine of a...

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  Traditional Performing Arts of Korea

  Korean Culture Series 10: Traditional Performing Arts of Korea      This book provides a comprehensive overview of the historical background, genres, and performers of the traditional performing arts of Korea, such as puppet plays, mask dramas, and Pansori, a uniquely Korean form of narrative song, which...

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  Vietnam Moment

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