The Columbia Anthology Of Traditional Korean Poetry

This groundbreaking anthology edited by the veteran scholar who founded thefield of Korean literature in the West offers a representative selection fromthe four... » 

This groundbreaking anthology edited by the veteran scholar who founded thefield of Korean literature in the West offers a representative selection fromthe four major genres of native Korean poetry the Silla songs known ashyangga Koryo songs sijo and kasa. The performance of oral songs was centralto the religious life of ancient Koreans and their passion for song and poetryis as evident in these texts today as it was to the earliest Chinese observers.Therefore in addition to such classics as the Songs of Flying Dragons thegreat eulogycycle compiled from 1445 to 1447 the volume also includes folksongs and shamanist narrative songs. Within each genre works are arrangedchronologically so that the reader can trace artistic developments over time.The translations many commissioned especially for this volume have beenprepared by distinguished scholars and literary translators and are fullyannotated making them ideal for use in the classroom. «