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Format: Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 106
Utgivningsdatum: 2005-06-01
Förlag: Kegan Paul
Översättare: Kevin O'Rourke
Originalspråk: Korean
Illustratör/Fotograf: Illustrations
Illustrationer: Illustrations
Dimensioner: 241 x 152 x 12 mm
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ISBN: 9780710309815

Shijo Poet At The Court

Name: Shijo Poet At The Court
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Author: O'Rourke
ISBN: 9780710309815

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A Shijo Poet at the Court of King Sonjo The Pine River Songs is translation of Songgang kasa, Chong Ch'ol's (1536-1593) famous collection of-Korean songs. The translations are by Kevin O'Rourke, one of the foremost translators of Korean literature into English in the world today. Professor O'Rourke includes in the volume a biographical sketch of the Choson dynasty poet-official and a crifica1 analysis of his work. These essays provide a fascinating background to the life and work of this enigmatic man. Royal Inspector (governor of a province, personal secretary to the king, second minister general of the army - these are some of the positions held by Chong Ch'ol during a career that was punctuated by periods of voluntary retirement, dismissal and exile. He was by nature a brilliant but rather stubborn man. Loved by his friends, hated py his enemies, his life was marked by continuous controversy. Korean commentators traditionally regard Chong Ch'ol as the greatest exponent of the essay-poem genre called kasa- his kasa were immensely popular in his own lifetime - and they consistently place him among_ the great shijo poets. Readers of A Shijo Poet at the Court of King Sonjo: The Pine River Songs will be struck by the literary quality of the shijo, which are without peer in the history of the genre, and by the urbanity and cultiva1ion of the Kasa poems. These poems come alive for the first time in English versions that stand on their own as English poems.

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Kevin O'Rourke is professor of English at Kyunghee University in Seoul. An Irish priest, he has lived in Korea since 1964. The first foreigner to receive a PhD in Korean literature (Yonsei University 1982), he has published many translations of classical and contemporary texts and also many critical essays on themes related to Korean literature. For many years Kevin O'Rourke's poetry column in the Korea Herald, A Poem for Breakfast, has provided expatriates with a real insight into the riches of Korean literature and culture.

Chapter 1 Chong Chol: Biographical Sketch; Chapter 2 Chong Chol: Critical Essay; Part 1 Songgang kasa: The Pine River Songs; Chapter 3 Untitled Shijo;