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Routledge
106 Pages
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Routledge
106 Pages
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Routledge
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A Shijo Poet at the Court of K • ing Somo: The Pine River Songs is translation of Songgang kasa, Chong Ch'ol's (1536-1593) famous collection of-Korean songs. The translations are by Kevin O'Rourke, one of the foremost translators of Korean literature into English in the world today. Professor O'Rourke includes in the volume a biographical sketch of the Choson dynasty poet-official and a crifica1... Read more
Chapter 1 Chong Ch’ol: Biographical Sketch; Chapter 2 Chong Ch’ol: Critical Essay; Part 1 Songgang kasa: The Pine River Songs; Chapter 3 Untitled Shijo;
Biography
Kevin O'Rourke is professor of English at Kyunghee University in Seoul. An Irish priest, he has lived in Korea since 1964. The first foreigner to receive a PhD in Korean literature (Yonsei University 1982), he has published many translations of classical and contemporary texts and also many critical essays on themes related to Korean literature. For many years Kevin O'Rourke's poetry column in the Korea Herald, A Poem for Breakfast, has provided expatriates with a real insight into the riches of Korean literature and culture.
