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An Anthology of Traditional Korean Literature
Peter H. Lee
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Description for An Anthology of Traditional Korean Literature
Paperback. Editor(s): Lee, Peter H. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; DQ; DS; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
This revised, expanded anthology, compiled and edited by pioneering scholar and translator Peter H. Lee, offers a representative selection of traditional Korean literature. Its rich and diverse selections, covering all genres and forms written in classical (literary) Chinese and the vernacular Korean language, were chosen for both their literary merit and socio-historical engagement with their times. Divided into four parts—verse, prose, fiction, and oral literature—representing the four major branches of traditional Korean literature, it includes previously undervalued or suppressed texts such as Koryo love lyrics, shamanist narrative songs, and p’ansori—creations composed in the mind, retained in memory, sung to audiences, ... Read more
This revised, expanded anthology, compiled and edited by pioneering scholar and translator Peter H. Lee, offers a representative selection of traditional Korean literature. Its rich and diverse selections, covering all genres and forms written in classical (literary) Chinese and the vernacular Korean language, were chosen for both their literary merit and socio-historical engagement with their times. Divided into four parts—verse, prose, fiction, and oral literature—representing the four major branches of traditional Korean literature, it includes previously undervalued or suppressed texts such as Koryo love lyrics, shamanist narrative songs, and p’ansori—creations composed in the mind, retained in memory, sung to audiences, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Hawai'i Press United States
Number of pages
784
Condition
New
Number of Pages
784
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824866365
SKU
V9780824866365
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About Peter H. Lee
Peter H. Lee is professor emeritus of Korean and comparative literature at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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