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Early Korean Literature: Selections and Introductions

by David R Mccann
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9780231119474
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Columbia University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press
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  • Pages: 192
  • Original Price: USD 32.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 295 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Asian / General

From the Back Cover
Preeminent scholar and translator David R. McCann presents an anthology of his own translations of works ranging across the major genres and authors of Korean writing -- stories, legends, poems, historical vignettes, and other works -- and a set of critical essays on major themes.

A brief history of traditional Korean literature orients the reader to the historical context of the writings, thus bringing into focus this rich literary tradition. The anthology of translations begins with the Samguk sagi, or History of the Three Kingdoms, written in 1145, and ends with "The Story of Master Ho", written in the late 1700s. Three exploratory essays of particular subtlety and lucidity raise interpretive and comparative issues that provide a creative, sophisticated framework for approaching the selections.

McCann, David: - David R. McCann is Korea Foundation Professor Emeritus of Korean Literature at Harvard University. His books of translations of Korean poetry include The Temple of Words: An Anthology of Modern Korean Buddhist Poetry (Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, 2017), Azaleas, Poems by Kim Sowŏl (Columbia University Press, 2007), Enough to Say It's Far, Poems by Pak Chaesam (with Jiwon
Shin; Princeton University Press, Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation, 2006), Traveler Maps: Poems by Ko Un (Tamal Vista Press, 2004); and The Columbia Anthology of Modern Korean Poetry (Columbia University Press, 2004).

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