The Book of Korean Poetry: Songs of Shilla and Koryo

By: O'Rourke, Kevin

Korea's history is divided into four periods: the Three Kingdoms of Koguryo (37 bc-ad 668), Shilla (57 bc-ad 668), and Paekche (18 bc-ad 660); Unified Shilla (668-935); Koryo (935-1392); and Choson (1392-1910). Kevin O'Rourke's The Book of Korean Poetry traces Korean poetry from the pre-Shilla era to the end of Korea's golden poetry period in the Koryo dynasty.There are two poetry traditions in Korea: hanshi (poems by Korean poets in Chinese characters)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587295105
• ISBN13: 9781587295102
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: University of Iowa Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"