Redemption and Regret : : Modernizing Korea in the Writings of James Scarth Gale /

Redemption and Regret : : Modernizing Korea in the Writings of James Scarth Gale / / James Scarth Gale; ed. by Daniel Pieper.

Redemption and Regret presents two previously unpublished typescripts of James Scarth Gale, a Canadian missionary to Korea for four decades (1888–1927). During his time in Korea, Gale developed into the foremost Western scholar of Korean history, language, and literature, completing the first transl...

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VerfasserIn:
Gale, James Scarth,
HerausgeberIn:
Pieper, Daniel ,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2021]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:James Scarth Gale Library of Korean Literature
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Physical Description:1 online resource (680 p.) :; 21 b&w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Series Preface
  • Illustrations and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Bibliography
  • PART ONE Pen Pictures of Old Korea
  • Korean Songs and Verses
  • Eternal Life
  • Tobacco in Korea
  • Concerning the Occult
  • A Note of Warning
  • On and Off the Street Car
  • A Sample of Korean Labour Song
  • Marriage in Korea
  • Pak’s Experiences
  • The Mystery of It
  • The Family Line
  • Korea’s Electric Shocks
  • Broken Earthenware
  • Unconscious Korea
  • Korean Literature
  • A New Style of Courtship
  • Korea’s Receding Pantheon
  • Stone Fights
  • Standing for One’s Rights
  • That Old Dragon
  • Happy Yi
  • My Lord the Elephant
  • The Displeasure of the Rain God
  • Korean New Year’s
  • The Korean Woman
  • Korea’s Preparation for the Bible
  • The Waning Eunuch
  • A Freak of Language
  • An Affair of State
  • Private Minting
  • A New Korean
  • The Burning of the Temple
  • A Royal Funeral
  • “Belong” Small Boxer
  • The Foreign “Squeezer”
  • The Awful Kim
  • Exit Kim
  • The Opening of War
  • Prospective
  • All Good Things Are Three
  • Japan’s Task in Korea
  • Where Are We?
  • As Regards the Fates
  • PART TWO Old Corea
  • Corean Literature and History
  • Corea’s Noted Women
  • Religious and Allied Themes
  • Father and Son
  • Social and Allied Subjects
  • Ancient Remains
  • Superstitions
  • Short Stories
  • Miscellaneous
  • Poems
  • The Story of Unyŏng (Unyŏng chŏn)
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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