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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 Ho," 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. Early Korean Literature presents a provocative theory of the role of 'literary culture' in Korean literature. -- Robert J. Fouser Acta Koreana

Early Korean Literature: Selections and Introductions

Preface A Brief History of Korean Literature to the Nineteenth Century Part 1: An Anthology of Korean Literature The "Samguk sagi"(1145) "Song of the Oriole" The "Samguk yusa" (1285) Book 1: Tan'gun ("Ancient Chosin") Book 2: The Story of Lady Suro Book 2: Ch'iyong and Manghae Temple Book 2: King Mu Koryi Songs "Would You Go?" "Song of Green Mountains" History as Literature: The Political and Cultural Transition from Koryi to Chosin The "Sijo" Exchange Between Yi Pang-win and Ching Mong-ju The "Koryisa": The "History of Koryi" Book 2: The Ten Injunctions and the Death of Wang Kin Book 117: Biographies: Ching Mong-ju "Song of the Dragons Flying to Heaven" Early Chosin (1392--1598) "Sijo" "Sijo" Songs "Song of the Five Friends" by Yun Sin-do "Sijo" by Ching Ch'il "Sijo" Ascribed to "Kisaeng" "Kasa" "Song to Spring" by Ching Kng-in "Song of Longing" by Ching Ch'il "Song of a Humble Life" by Pak Il-lo "Married Sorrow" by Hi Nansirhin "Hanmun": Poems and Prose in Chinese "Hansi" by Yi Kyu-bo and Others "Hansi" by Hi Nansirhin "Hansi" by Lady Ching and Other Women "The Story of Master Hi" by Pak Chi-win Part 2: Negotiations in Korean Literary Culture Introduction The Story of Ch'iyong: A Parable of Literary Negotiation Song of the Dragons Flying to Heaven: Negotiating History Performance and Korean "Sijo" Verse: Negotiating Difference Conclusion