Korea Letters in the William Elliot Griffis Collection An Annotated Selection【電子書籍】[ William Eilliot Griffis ]

＜p＞William Elliot Griffis (1843 ? 1928) graduated from Rutgers College in 1869 and taught four years in Fukui and Tokyo. After his return to the United States, he devoted himself to his research and writing on East Asia throughout his life. He authored 20 books about Japan and five books about Korea including, ＜em＞Corea: The Hermit Nation＜/em＞ (1882), ＜em＞Corea, Without and Within: Chapters on Corean History, Manners and Religion＜/em＞ (1885), ＜em＞The Unmannerly Tiger, and Other Korean Tales＜/em＞ (1911), ＜em＞A Modern Pioneer in Korea: The Life Story of Henry G. Appenzeller＜/em＞ (1912), and ＜em＞Korean Fairy Tales＜/em＞ (1922). In particular, his bestseller, ＜em＞Corea: The Hermit Nation＜/em＞ (1882) was reprinted numerous times through nine editions over thirty years. He was not only known as "the foremost interpreter of Japan to the West before World War I but also the American expert on Korea. After his death, his collection of books, documents, photographs and ephemera was donated to Rut．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る