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This groundbreaking anthology, edited by the veteran scholar who founded the field of Korean literature in the West, offers a representative selection from the four major genres of native Korean poetry: the Silla songs known as __hyangga,__ Koryo ̄ songs, __sijo__, and __kasa.__ The volume also includes __Songs of Flying Dragons,__ the great eulogy-cycle compiled from 1445–1447. The editor has taken the daring step of including oral literature in a section of old songs and shaman songs at the end of the anthology. This groundbreaking anthology, edited by the veteran scholar who founded the field of Korean literature in the West, offers a representative selection from the four major genres of native Korean poetry: the Silla songs known as __hyangga__, Koryo songs, __sijo__, and kasa. The performance of oral songs was central to the religious life of ancient Koreans, and their passion for song and poetry is as evident in these texts today as it was to the earliest Chinese observers. Therefore, in addition to such classics as the __Songs of Flying Dragons__, the great eulogy-cycle compiled from 1445 to 1447, the volume also includes folk songs and shamanist narrative songs. Within eac

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Author

Peter H. Lee

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780231111133

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Poetry, Language Learning