Eastern Sentiments

Yi T'aejun; Translated by Janet Poole

August, 2009
Cloth, 208 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14944-0
$45.00 / £31.00

"An elegy for a literature that is disappearing." — Korea Herald

"Yi T'aejun is one of the foremost modernist writers of colonial Korea. In elegant and readable prose, this translation captures his elegiac contemplation." — JaHyun Kim Haboush, Columbia University

"Eastern Sentiments, a collection of essays by Yi T'aejun, superbly rises to the challenge of translating into exquisite English the subtle and complex nuances of his language and the multilayered irony of his prose. Furthermore, Janet Poole's authoritative, critical introduction significantly contributes to the growing body of scholarship on the political and aesthetic value of Yi T'aejun's work." — Jin-kyung Lee, University of California, San Diego

Related Subjects

• Asian Literature
• East Asian Studies

Series

• Weatherhead Books on Asia

About the Author

Janet Poole teaches Korean literature in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto. She has translated the works of many writers from colonial Korea and is currently writing a book on assimilation and forms of disappearance in late colonial fiction.

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