Peter H. Lee is professor of Korean and comparative literature in the department of East Asian languages and cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is author or editor of numerous books about and translations of Korean literature and history, including Sourcebook of Korean Civilization (Columbia, 1997).

The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Korean Poetry refreshingly builds in particular on oral lyrical tradition, customarily marginalized as peripheral in the canonical scheme of Korean literature... [It] is a valuable new resource for serious study in Korean poetic tradition. -- Chan E. Park Journal of Asian Studies [A] Groundbreaking anthology. -- Dr. Yearn Hong Choi The Washington Times [A] ground breaking anthology. -- Choi Yearn-hong Korea Times

• PrefaceContributorsPart 1: Classical Poetry IntroductionHyanggaKoryo SongsSongs of Flying DragonsSijoSasol SijoKasaPart 2: Poetry in Chinese Part 3: Folk SongsPart 4: Shamanist Narrative SongsIndex of AuthorsIndex of First LinesBibliography

Peter H. Lee is professor of Korean and comparative literature in the department of East Asian languages and cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is author or editor of numerous books about and translations of Korean literature and history, including Sourcebook of Korean Civilization (Columbia, 1997).

The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Korean Poetry refreshingly builds in particular on oral lyrical tradition, customarily marginalized as peripheral in the canonical scheme of Korean literature... [It] is a valuable new resource for serious study in Korean poetic tradition. -- Chan E. Park Journal of Asian Studies [A] Groundbreaking anthology. -- Dr. Yearn Hong Choi The Washington Times [A] ground breaking anthology. -- Choi Yearn-hong Korea Times

• PrefaceContributorsPart 1: Classical Poetry IntroductionHyanggaKoryo SongsSongs of Flying DragonsSijoSasol SijoKasaPart 2: Poetry in Chinese Part 3: Folk SongsPart 4: Shamanist Narrative SongsIndex of AuthorsIndex of First LinesBibliography

Peter H. Lee is professor of Korean and comparative literature in the department of East Asian languages and cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is author or editor of numerous books about and translations of Korean literature and history, including Sourcebook of Korean Civilization (Columbia, 1997).

The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Korean Poetry refreshingly builds in particular on oral lyrical tradition, customarily marginalized as peripheral in the canonical scheme of Korean literature... [It] is a valuable new resource for serious study in Korean poetic tradition. -- Chan E. Park Journal of Asian Studies [A] Groundbreaking anthology. -- Dr. Yearn Hong Choi The Washington Times [A] ground breaking anthology. -- Choi Yearn-hong Korea Times

• PrefaceContributorsPart 1: Classical Poetry IntroductionHyanggaKoryo SongsSongs of Flying DragonsSijoSasol SijoKasaPart 2: Poetry in Chinese Part 3: Folk SongsPart 4: Shamanist Narrative SongsIndex of AuthorsIndex of First LinesBibliography