Tuesday, March 19, 2013

old Korea - texts to read

cross-posting from electronic list, KoreanStudies

lists and descriptions of older texts about Korea
1. Texts mentioning or describing Korea published in the 16th and 17th centuries.  http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/anthony/EarliestMentionsKorea.html

2.  Texts mentioning or describing Korea published in the 18th and early 19th centuries. http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/anthony/EarliestAccountsKorea18century.html

3. Texts of some later 19th- and early 20th-century accounts of Korea  http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/anthony/Myearlytexts.html

All these links can be found at the top of Old Books about Korea http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/anthony/BooksKorea.htm together with a short listing of all the sections of text that have been copied, edited and included.

Included, also, are: an English translation of Henri Zuber's account of the French expedition to Ganghwa Island and of (so far) one section of Charles Varat's journey,  for the benefit of any whose French is rusty.

Brother Anthony, President, RASKB, Seoul

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