Sourcebook of Korean Civilization Vol. 1: From Early Times to the Sixteenth Century

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This anthology is the most ambitious comprehensive and authoritative English-language sourcebook of Korean civilization ever assembled. Encompassing social intellectual religious and literary traditions from ancient times through World War II this collection reveals the grand corpus of thought beliefs and customs unique to the Korean people. Volume I features three major periods of Korean history: the Three Kingdoms and Unified Silla (57 B.C.--935) Koryo (918--1392) and Early Choson (1392-1600). Each section begins with a broad historical introduction to provide context and perspective and contains representative writings from the era with commentary background and analysis.