Preeminent scholar and translator David R. McCann presents an anthology of his own translations of works ranging across the major genres and authors of Korean writing—stories, legends, poems, historical vignettes, and other works—and a set of critical essays on major themes.
A brief history of traditional Korean literature orients the reader to the historical context of the writings, thus bringing into focus this rich literary tradition. The anthology of translations begins with the Samguk sagi, or History of the Three Kingdoms, written in 1145, and ends with "The Story of Master Hô," written in the late 1700s. Three exploratory essays of particular subtlety and lucidity raise interpretive and comparative issues that provide a creative, sophisticated framework for approaching the selections.
- Contents
- Preface
- A Brief History of Korean Literature to the Nineteenth Century
- Part 1: An Anthology of Korean Literature
- The Samguk sagi (1145)
- The Samguk yusa (1285)
- Book 1: Tan’gun (Ancient Choson)
- Book 2: The Story of Lady Suro
- Book 2: Ch’oyong and Manghae Temple
- Book 2: King Mu
- Koryo Songs
- “Would You Go?”
- “Song of Green Mountains”
- History as Literature: The Political and Cultural Transition from Koryo to Choson
- The Sijo Exchange Between Yi Pang-won and Chong Mong-ju
- The Koryosa: The History of Koryo
- Book 2: The Ten Injunctions and the Death of Wang Kon
- Book 117: Biographies: Chong Mong-ju
- Song of the Dragons Flying to Heaven
- Early Choson (1392-1598)
- Sijo
- Sijo Songs
- “Song of the Five Friends” by Yun Son-do
- Sijo by Chong Ch’ol
- Sijo Ascribed to Kisaeng
- Kasa
- “Song to Spring” by Chong Kug-in
- “Song of Longing” by Chong Ch’ol
- “Song of a Humble Life” by Pak Il-lo
- “Married Sorrow” by Ho Nansorhon
- Hanmun: Poems and Prose in Chinese
- Hansi by Yi Kyu-bo and Others
- Hansi by Ho Nansorhon
- Hansi by Lady Chong and Other Women
- “The Story of Master Ho” by Pak Chi-won
- Part 2: Negotiations in Korean Literary Culture
- Introduction
- Ch'oyong and Manghae Temple: A Parable of Literary Negotiation
- Song of the Dragons Flying to Heaven: Negotiating History
- Performance and Korean Sijo Verse: Negotiating Difference
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index of Names and Titles
- Subject Index
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