Invincible and Righteous Outlaw: The Korean Hero Hong Gildong in Literature, History, and Culture 9780824877415

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Invincible and Righteous Outlaw: The Korean Hero Hong Gildong in Literature, History, and Culture 9780824877415

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
A Note on Romanization
Part I. The Story of Hong Gildong, Its History and Myths
1. The Phantom of Hong Gildong in the Fog of Myth
2. Elusive Traces of Hong Gildong in History
3. The Imagined Hong Gildong at the Twilight of a Dynasty
Part II. The Many Afterlives of Hong Gildong
4. The Colonial Period, 1921–1936
5. North and South Korea, 1947–1986
6. South Korea, 1994–Present
Epilogue
Appendix: Extant Manuscripts of The Story of Hong Gildong
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

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