Do you have anyone you'd recommend for overview and background instead?
Sadly, no. There is the ubiquitous Peter H. Lee, who inter alia has edited a history of Korean literature (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2003); I've read enough bits of his work and of others', now, to feel that I don't quite trust him, scholastically speaking. I've been piecing together a context very slowly. McCann's intro-lets don't really hurt anything. It just seems, from his articles, that he could've put in a bit more effort for the putative undergrads who're to buy this little collection (because McCann does have useful things to say sometimes).
Curious to find out what you think of the book later!
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Sadly, no. There is the ubiquitous Peter H. Lee, who inter alia has edited a history of Korean literature (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2003); I've read enough bits of his work and of others', now, to feel that I don't quite trust him, scholastically speaking. I've been piecing together a context very slowly. McCann's intro-lets don't really hurt anything. It just seems, from his articles, that he could've put in a bit more effort for the putative undergrads who're to buy this little collection (because McCann does have useful things to say sometimes).
Curious to find out what you think of the book later!