Here are some of the books we’re looking forward to in 2021. For the first time in one of these posts we’re flagging the indicative cost of the titles listed here. For me, I have a psychological barrier at around £30: a book has to be offering something pretty special for me to be prepared […]
Publisher: Routledge
Selected publications
- Lim Il: Interviews with North Korean Defectors: From Kim Shin-jo to Thae Yong-ho tr Adam Zulawnik, Routledge 2021
- Andrew Sangpil Byon: Intermediate Korean: A Grammar and Workbook (2nd Ed), Routledge 2021
- Ro Sang-ho: Neo-Confucianism and Science in Korea: Humanity and Nature, 1706-1814, Routledge 2021
- Choi Chungmoo: Healing Historical Trauma in South Korean Film and Literature, Routledge 2020
- Hyesu Park: Understanding Hallyu: The Korean Wave Through Literature, Webtoon, and Mukbang, Routledge 2020
- Andrew Sangpil Byon: Basic Korean: A Grammar and Workbook, Routledge 2020
- Yoon Hyunsun: Branded Entertainment in Korea, Routledge 2020
- Anthology: Routledge Handbook of Contemporary North Korea ed Adrian Buzo, Routledge 2020
- Anthology: Poems from Korea: From the Earliest Era to the Present ed Peter H Lee, Routledge 2019
- Jaehoon Yeon, Lucien Brown: Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar, Routledge 2019
- Park Wan-suh: My Very Last Possession and Other Stories tr Chun Kyung-ja, M.E. Sharpe, Routledge 2018
- Anthology: K-pop – The International Rise of the Korean Music Industry ed JungBong Choi, Roald Maliangkay, Routledge 2017
- Anthology: Routledge Handbook of Modern Korean History ed Michael J Seth, Routledge 2016
- Anthology: Modern Korean Literature — An Anthology 1908-65 ed Chung Chong-wha, Routledge 2012
- Aegyung Shim, Brian Yecies: Korea’s Occupied Cinemas, 1893-1948: The Untold History of the Film Industry, Routledge 2011
- Hong Kal: Aesthetic Constructions of Korean Nationalism: Spectacle, Politics and History, Routledge 2011
- Young-Key Kim-Renaud: Korean: An Essential Grammar, Routledge 2009
- Anthology: Korean Society: Civil Society, democracy and the state ed Charles K. Armstrong, Routledge 2006
- James B Lewis: Frontier Contact Between Choson Korea and Tokugawa Japan, Routledge 2003
- Anthology: Creative Women of Korea: The Fifteenth Through the Twentieth Centuries ed Young-Key Kim-Renaud, Routledge 2003
- Martin Uden: Times Past in Korea An Illustrated Collection of Encounters, Customs and Daily Life Recorded by Foreign Visitors, Routledge 2003
- Anthology: War and Democracy: A Comparative Study of the Korean War and the Peloponnesian War ed David R. McCann, Barry S. Strauss, M.E. Sharpe, Routledge 2001
- Richard Steers: Made in Korea: Chung Ju Yung and the Rise of Hyundai, Routledge 1999
- Mark Clifford: Troubled Tiger: Businessmen, Bureaucrats and Generals in South Korea, Routledge 1997
- Anthology: Dangerous Women: Gender and Korean Nationalism ed Elaine H. Kim, Chungmoo Choi, Routledge 1997
- Hwang Sun-won: The Descendants of Cain tr Julie Pickering, Suh Ji-moon, Routledge 1997
- Anthology: The Rainy Spell and Other Korean Stories ed Suh Ji-moon, Routledge 1997
- Park Kyung-ni: Land (Vol 1) tr Agnita Tennant, Routledge 1996
- Donald Kirk: Korean Dynasty: Hyundai and Chung Ju Yung, Routledge 1994
- James H Grayson: Korea – a religious history, Routledge 1989
- Kang Shin-jae: The Waves tr Tina L Sallee, Routledge 1989
- Kim Dong-ni: The Shaman Sorceress tr Eugene Chung, Shin Hyun-song, Routledge 1989
- Anthology: Folk Tales from Korea ed Zong In-sob, Hollym, Routledge 1952
Literature and poetry in translation titles for 2021: more than a dozen to look forward to!
This is now LKL’s fifth annual post that looks at the literature and fiction titles we’re looking forward to over the coming twelve months. Since last year we’ve made things easier for ourselves by investing some time building a book database that aims to catalogue all physical publications of Korean literature in translation, as well […]
Book review: Modern Korean Literature — An Anthology 1908-65
Modern Korean Literature: An Anthology 1908-1965 Edited by Chung Chong-wha Routledge / Kegan Paul International, 1995, 467pp If you are looking to sample Korean literature in translation, the chances are that you’ll find more short stories than full length novels. This collection, though not universally enjoyable, is extremely useful in giving an overview of the […]
Book review: Hwang Sun-won – The Descendants of Cain
Hwang Sun-won: The Descendants of Cain Translated by Suh Ji-moon and Julie Pickering East Gate / UNESCO / Routledge 1997. Originally published 1954 Novels set in post-liberation Korea, or during the Korean war, often make uncomfortable reading, particularly those set in the Soviet sphere of influence, and where the story is set in the countryside. […]
Mark Clifford: Troubled Tiger
(M.E. Sharpe / Routledge 1998) Chronicles the modern history of Korea from the 1960s to the mid-90s, focusing on the drive for economic growth and the control exerted by the Blue House over the direction of the economy. Clifford gives us a politically balanced view, emphasising the successes of Park Chung-hee, but not shrinking from […]