Editor: Michael J. Pettid

A new collection of translations of Korean fiction from the colonial period of the early twentieth century. The contents will introduce readers to works written from a variety of viewpoints, including those that advocate pro-Japanese stands, to anarchy, and to socialist narratives.

Xuanhe Catalogue of Paintings is the first complete translation of the well-known document produced at the court of Emperor Huizong (r. 1100-1125). Dated to 1120, the Catalogue is divided into ten categories of subject matter. Under “Daoist and Buddhist Subjects,” “Figural Subjects,” “Architecture,” “Barbarian Tribes,” “Dragons and Fish,” “Landscape,” “Domestic and Wild Animals,” “Flowers and Birds,” “Ink Bamboo” and “Vegetables and Fruit” are biographies of 231 painters, ranging from famous early masters, such as Wu Daozi (ca.

Translator: Britten Dean

The Wasteland explores the psychology of the modern Japanese woman and her urge to realize an inner self of latent sexuality, long suppressed in Japan’s male-dominated society. Nobe Michiko, the novel’s narcissistic protagonist, leaves ruined lives in her wake as she pursues her lustful goals.

Jooyeon Rhee provides an innovative and compelling analysis of gendered representations of nation and modernity in early twentieth-century Korean novels. By investigating the transformation of the novel genre in relation to transnational literary forces and print capitalism, this book illuminates the ways in which gender became an important epistemological ground on which writers and translators constructed their imaginations of Korean society and history under colonial rule. 

Editor and Translator: Takako Lento