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Book The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Korean Poetry

Download or read book The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Korean Poetry written by Peter H. Lee and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a foreword by Edward O. Wilson, this book brings together internationally known experts from the scientific, societal, and conservation policy areas who address policy responses to the problem of biodiversity loss: how to determine conservation priorities in a scientific fashion, how to weigh the long-term, often hidden value of conservation against the more immediate value of land development, the need for education in areas of rapid population growth, and how lack of knowledge about biodiversity can impede conservation efforts. United in their belief that conservation of biological diversity is a primary concern of humankind, the contributing authors address the full scope of global biodiversity and its decline -- the threatened marine life and extinction of many mammals in the modern era in relation to global patterns of development, and the implications of biodiversity loss for human health, agricultural productivity, and the economy. The Living Planet in Crisis is the result of a conference of the American Museum of Natural History's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation.

Book Modern Korean Poetry

Download or read book Modern Korean Poetry written by Jaihiun Kim and published by Jain Publishing Company. This book was released on 1994 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion volume to the Classical Korean Poetry, this anthology provides the reader a bird's eye view of modern, 20th century Korean poetry, thus completing the sampling of the Korean poetry beginning with the 12th century through the present.

Book The Silence of Love

    Book Details:
  • Author : Peter H. Lee
  • Publisher : Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii
  • Release : 1980
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 376 pages

Download or read book The Silence of Love written by Peter H. Lee and published by Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii. This book was released on 1980 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Azaleas

Download or read book Azaleas written by So-wŏl Kim and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available for the first time in English, Azaleas is a captivating collection of poems by a master of the early Korean modernist style. Published in 1925, Azaleas is the only collection Kim Sowol (1902-1934) produced during his brief life, yet he remains one of Korea's most beloved and well-known poets. His work is a delightful and sophisticated blend of the images, tonalities, and rhythms of traditional Korean folk songs with surprisingly modern forms and themes. Sowol is also known for his unique and sometimes unsettling perspective, expressed through loneliness, longing, and a creative use of dream imagery-a reflection of Sowol's engagement with French Symbolist poetry. Azaleas recounts the journey of a young Korean as he travels from the northern P'yongyang area near to the cosmopolitan capital of Seoul. Told through an array of voices, the poems describe the young man's actions as he leaves home, his experiences as a student and writer in Seoul, and his return north. Although considered a landmark of Korean literature, Azaleas speaks to readers from all cultures. An essay by Sowol's mentor, the poet Kim Ok, concludes the collection and provides vital insight into Sowol's work and life. This elegant translation by David R. McCann, an expert on modern Korean poetry, maintains the immediacy and richness of Sowol's work and shares with English-language readers the quiet beauty of a poet who continues to cast a powerful spell on generations of Korean readers.

Book Three Poets of Modern Korea

Download or read book Three Poets of Modern Korea written by Sang Yi and published by Sarabande Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eclectic sampling of modern Korean poetry, superbly translated by husband and wife team.

Book Classical Korean Poetry

Download or read book Classical Korean Poetry written by Jaihiun Kim and published by Jain Publishing Company. This book was released on 1994 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a chronological anthology of Zen poetry spanning the 6th through the 20th centuries. In his introduction the translator distinguishes Zen from other forms of Buddhism, and places it in its historical context. These intuitive poems chronicle the spiritual search as well as the awakening of each Zen master.

Book Pillar of Books

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bo Young Moon
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-04
  • ISBN : 9781939568397
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Pillar of Books written by Bo Young Moon and published by . This book was released on 2021-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Book of Korean Shijo

Download or read book The Book of Korean Shijo written by Kevin O'Rourke and published by Harvard Univ Asia Center. This book was released on 2002 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wit is integral to shijo. Indeed, it is the fusion of image and idea through wit, most often an ironical wit, that gives shijo its unique flavor." "In this anthology of 611 shijo in English translation, Kevin O'Rourke introduces the English reader to this venerable verse form. The anthology covers the entire range of shijo production, from the tenth century to the modern era."--BOOK JACKET.

Book The Colors of Dawn

Download or read book The Colors of Dawn written by Frank Stewart and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Throughout the twentieth century, few countries in Asia suffered more from foreign occupation, civil war, and international military conflict than Korea. The Colors of Dawn brings together the moving and powerful voices of over forty Korean poets from these turbulent years. From 1903 to 1945, the Japanese Empire occupied the Korean peninsula and instituted measures to annihilate the nation and its culture. After Japan's defeat in WWII, Korea became a killing ground during the Korean War (1950 to 1953). During this period and into the 1980s, South Korea was controlled by a military dictatorship, and today it remains on war footing. In the midst of internal and external conflicts, Korea's poets--threatened by the authorities with torture, imprisonment, and death--found ways to express their fierce desire for freedom and self-governance. The result is a century of outstanding poetry, from Sim Hun (1901) to more familiar modern and contemporary poets, such as Kim Chi-ha and Ko Ŭn."--Amazon.

Book Beyond Self

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ko Un
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1997
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 94 pages

Download or read book Beyond Self written by Ko Un and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Korea's premier poet, the former Buddhist monk Ko Un, presents 108 Zen poems. From these poems we can taste hear, smell and see the life of Ko Un, who is affectionately called "the great mountain peak" by his friends.

Book The Columbia Anthology of Modern Korean Poetry

Download or read book The Columbia Anthology of Modern Korean Poetry written by David McCann and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2004-03-24 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Korea's modern poetry is filled with many different voices and styles, subjects and views, moves and countermoves, yet it still remains relatively unknown outside of Korea itself. This is in part because the Korean language, a rich medium for poetry, has been ranked among the most difficult for English speakers to learn. The Columbia Anthology of Modern Korean Poetry is the only up-to-date representative gathering of Korean poetry from the twentieth century in English, far more generous in its selection and material than previous anthologies. It presents 228 poems by 34 modern Korean poets, including renowned poets such as So Chongju and Kim Chiha.

Book The Poet

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mun-yŏl Yi
  • Publisher : Arrow
  • Release : 2001
  • ISBN : 9781860468964
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Poet written by Mun-yŏl Yi and published by Arrow. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fictionalized biography of Kim Pyongyon, a 19th Century South Korean singing poet who had to bear the sins of his fathers. The family was disgraced by a grandfather who surrendered in a war, they were stripped of their privileges and Kim had to make a living as a troubadour.

Book What is Korean Literature

Download or read book What is Korean Literature written by Yŏng-min Kwŏn and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Outlining the major developments, characteristics, genres, and figures of the Korean literary tradition from earliest times into the new millennium, this volume includes examples, in English translation, of each of the genres and works by several of the major figures discussed in the text, as well as suggestions for further reading"--

Book The Columbia Anthology of Modern Korean Poetry

Download or read book The Columbia Anthology of Modern Korean Poetry written by David Richard McCann and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only up-to-date representative gathering of Korean poetry from the twentieth century in English, this volume presents 228 poems by 34 modern Korean poets, including renowned poets such as So Chongju and Kim Chiha.

Book The Book of Korean Poetry

Download or read book The Book of Korean Poetry written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive treatment of the poetry of Shilla and Koryo, O Rourke divides one hundred fifty poems into five sections: Early Songs, Shilla hanshi, Shilla hyangga, Koryo kayo, and Koryo hanshi and shijo. Only a few pre-Shilla poems are extant; O Rourke features all five. All fourteen extant Shilla hyangga are included. Seventeen major Koryo kayo are featured; only a few short, incantatory pieces that defied translation were excluded. Fourteen of the fewer than twenty Koryo shijo with claims to authenticity are presented. From the vast number of extant hanshi, O Rourke selected poems with the most intrinsic merit and universal appeal.

Book Poems of a Wanderer

Download or read book Poems of a Wanderer written by Chŏng-ju Sŏ and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Liking in Silence  Poems of Kim Sa In

Download or read book Liking in Silence Poems of Kim Sa In written by Sa-In Kim and published by White Pine Press (NY). This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liking in Silence is an essay in how to hear anew the silence all around us. Listen up.