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The book of Korean Shijo / translated and edited by Kevin O'Rourke.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 215.
- Harvard-Ewha series on Korea
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 215
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sijo--Translations into English.
- Sijo.
- Korean poetry--To 1900--Translations into English.
- Korean poetry.
- Sijo--History and criticism.
- Poets, Korean.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 219 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- The Korean genre known as "shijo" is short song lyrics. Originally meant to be sung rather than recited, these short poems are light, personal, and very often conversational. The language is simple, direct, and devoid of elaboration or ornamentation. The "shijo" poet gives a firsthand account of his personal experience of life and emotion: the rise and fall of dynasties, friendship, love, parting, the pleasures of wine, the beauty and transience of life, the inexorable advance of old age. In this anthology of translations of 612 "shijo," Kevin O'Rourke introduces the English reader to this venerable and witty style of verse. The anthology covers the entire range of "shijo" production from the tenth century to the modern era.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-204) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 067400857X
- OCLC:
- 48773845
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