{"product_id":"mujong-the-heartless-yi-kwang-su-and-modern-korean-literature-cornell-east-asia-series-cornell-east-asia-series-127-188544527x","title":"Mujong (The Heartless): Yi Kwang-su and Modern Korean Literature (Cornell East Asia Series) (Cornell East Asia Series, 127)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188544527X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yi, Kwang-su\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYi Kwang-su (1892-1950) was one of the pioneers of modern Korean literature. When the serialization of Mujong (The Heartless) began in 1917, it was an immediate sensation, and it occupies a prominent place in the Korean literary canon.The Heartless is the story of a love triangle among three youths during the Japanese occupation. Yi Hyng-sik is a young man in his mid-twenties who is teaching English at a middle school in Seoul. Brilliant but also shy and indecisive, he is torn between two women. Kim Sn-hyng is from a wealthy Christian family; she has just graduated from a modern, Western-style school and is planning on continuing her studies in the United States. Pak Yng-ch'ae is a musically gifted young woman who was raised in a traditional Confucian manner; due to family misfortune, she has become a kisaeng but remains devoted to Hyng-sik whom she knew as a child.The Heartless goes beyond the level of romantic melodrama and uses these characters to depict Korea's struggles with modern culture and national identity. A long critical introduction discusses Yi Kwang-su's life and work from his birth in 1892 to the publication of his first novel The Heartless in 1917. It contains in-depth analyses of the novel, Yi Kwang-su's literary theory, and early short stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52181716893984,"sku":"NEW188544527X","price":48.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71kVPf7q1GL.jpg?v=1786600390","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/mujong-the-heartless-yi-kwang-su-and-modern-korean-literature-cornell-east-asia-series-cornell-east-asia-series-127-188544527x","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}