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Ancient, Medieval, and Premodern Korean Songs and Poems

An Historical Anthology, With Parallel Texts in Korean and English
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Languages: English, Korean
Published/Copyright: 2023

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This historical anthology of Korean poetry, Ancient, Medieval, and Premodern Korean Songs and Poems highlights the evolution of poetic composition in the vernacular. The book is a manifesto of the uniquely Korean poetic tradition, which flourished quite separately along with the literary tradition retained by the men of letters devoted to the scholarship in classical Chinese. The beauty of the Korean language and the tradition of verse-making in it are sumptuously demonstrated by this book, which contains both the original texts in the unique Korean orthography of phonograms and the translator’s English version that runs in parallel with the original poems.       

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Contributor: Sung-il Lee

Sung-Il Lee, Professor Emeritus at Yonsei University, taught as a Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto (1987) and the University of Washington (1994‒1995), and as a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at Troy University (2002‒2003). His major publication on English literature includes Beowulf in Parallel Texts (2017), which contains his Modern English verse translation running in parallel with the Old English text. 

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    PREFACE

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    ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR

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    INTRODUCTION

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    Part I Ancient Songs and Poems: Kayo, Hyang-ga, and Secular Songs

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    Part II Kasa: Long Poems in the Vein of Prose

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    Part III Shijo: Occasional and Impromptu Poems

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    COMMENTARIES AND NOTES

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    INDEX OF WORKS

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    INDEX OF AUTHORS

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October 31, 2023
eBook ISBN:
9781802701340
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9781802701340
eBook ISBN: 9781802701340
Keywords for this book
Korean classical poetry; Kayo; Hyang-ga; Kasa; Shijo; poetry in translation; Korean long poems; ancient songs
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
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