Kyunghee Eo

Reclaiming Solitude: Single Womanhood and No Ch’ŏnmyŏng’s Poetics of Celibacy

Abstract:This article examines the life and poetry of No Ch’ŏnmyŏng (1912–1957), Korea’s first widely recognized female modernist poet, through the lens of celibacy and feminine solitude. While critics and readers have long celebrated No for her lyrical restraint of emotion, she has also been subject to social derision...