Redemption and Regret: Modernizing Korea in the Writings of James Scarth Gale

by James Scarth Gale

Redemption and Regret presents two previously unpublished typescripts of James Scarth Gale, a Canadian missionary to Korea for four decades (1888-1927). During his time in Korea, Gale developed into the foremost Western scholar of Korean history, language, and literature, completing the first translation of Korean literature into a Western language, the first translation of English literature into Korean, and the first comprehensive Korean-English...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487504349
• ISBN13: 9781487504342
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 680 Pages
• Weight: 2.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher