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876521
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Poole, Janet
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| Title & Author
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When the future disappears : : the modernist imagination in late colonial Korea /\ Janet Poole.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Columbia University Press,, [2014]
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, ©2014
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| Series Statement
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Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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1 online resource (xi, 286 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0231538553
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: 1322489432
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: 9780231538558
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: 9781322489438
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0231165188
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9780231165181
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: The disappearing future of colonial fascism -- The unruly detail of late colonialism -- The sociology of colonial nostalgia -- A private orient -- Peri-urban dreams -- Imperialization, or the resolution of crisis -- Taking possession of the emperor's language -- Epilogue: Afterlives.
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Taking a panoramic view of Korea's dynamic literary production in the final decade of Japanese rule, When the Future Disappears locates the imprint of a new temporal sense in Korean modernism: the impression of time interrupted, with no promise of a future. As colonial subjects of an empire headed toward total war, Korean writers in this global fascist moment produced some of the most sophisticated writings of twentieth-century modernism. Yi T'aejun, Ch'oe Myongik, Im Hwa, So Insik, Ch'oe Chaeso, Pak T'aewon, Kim Namch'on, and O Changhwan, among other Korean writers, lived through a rare colo.
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Imperialism in literature.
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Korean literature-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
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Language and languages in literature.
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Modernism (Literature)-- Korea.
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Postcolonialism in literature.
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HISTORY-- Modern-- 20th Century.
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Imperialism in literature.
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Korean literature.
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Language and languages in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- Asian-- General.
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Modernism (Literature)
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Postcolonialism in literature.
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Korea.
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| Dewey Classification
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895.7/09112
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| LC Classification
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PL957.5.M63P66 2015
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