The History of Modern Korean Fiction (1890-1945): The Topography of Literary Systems and Form - Paperback

by Young Min Kim (Author), Rachel Min Park (Translator), Theodore Jun Yoo (Introduction by)

This book traces the emergence of modern Korean literature and its trajectory towards the turn of the twentieth century. In examining the entanglements of literary style, form, and contemporaneous institutions, Young Min Kim illuminates an oft-overlooked period in modern Korean literary history.

Author Biography

Young Min Kim is former director of the Institute for the Study of Korean Modernity and professor in the Department of Korean Language and Literature at Yonsei University.