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A Shijo Poet at the Court of King Sonjo

About the E-Books

Author
Kevin O`Rourke
Co-Author
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Translator
-
Publisher
Taylor Francis
Published Year
2014
Country
UNITED KINGDOM (London)
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Complete Collection > Library > Complete Collection (individual)

Original Title
정철 가사선집
Romanization of Original
Jeongcheol gasaseonjip
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

ISBN
9781317792703
Page
-
Series
OVERDRIVE READ

About the Author

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  • O'Rourke Kevin
  • Birth : 1963 ~ -
  • Occupation : 경제학자
  • First Name : Kevin
  • Family Name : O'Rourke
  • Korean Name : Kevin O'Rourke
  • ISNI : -
  • Works : 1
About the Original Work
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  • 정철 가사선집
  • Author : Chung Chul
  • Published Year : -
  • English Title : A Shijo poet at the court of king Sonjo
More About the Original Work
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  • English(English)

A Shijo Poet at the Court of K

ing Somo: 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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Translated Books1

  • A Shijo poet at the court of king Sonjo
    English(English) Book
    A Shijo poet at the court of king Sonjo
    Chong Ch΄ol / 정철 / 2005 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Complete Collection > Library > Complete Collection (individual)