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Early Korean Literature: Selections and Introductions
Paper, 192 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-11947-4
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September, 2000
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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 Chosìn")
Book 2: The Story of Lady Suro
Book 2: Ch'ìyong and Manghae Temple
Book 2: King Mu
Koryì Songs
"Would You Go?''
"Song of Green Mountains''
History as Literature: The Political and Cultural Transition from Koryì to Chosìn
The "Sijo" Exchange Between Yi Pang-wìn and Chìng Mong-ju
The "Koryìsa": The "History of Koryì"
Book 2: The Ten Injunctions and the Death of Wang Kìn
Book 117: Biographies: Chìng Mong-ju
"Song of the Dragons Flying to Heaven"
Early Chosìn (1392--1598)
"Sijo"
"Sijo" Songs
"Song of the Five Friends'' by Yun Sìn-do
"Sijo" by Chìng Ch'ìl
"Sijo" Ascribed to "Kisaeng"
"Kasa"
"Song to Spring'' by Chìng Kñg-in
"Song of Longing'' by Chìng Ch'ìl
"Song of a Humble Life'' by Pak Il-lo
"Married Sorrow'' by Hì Nansìrhìn
"Hanmun": Poems and Prose in Chinese
"Hansi" by Yi Kyu-bo and Others
"Hansi" by Hì Nansìrhìn
"Hansi" by Lady Chìng and Other Women
"The Story of Master Hì'' by Pak Chi-wìn
Part 2: Negotiations in Korean Literary Culture
Introduction
The Story of Ch'ìyong: A Parable of Literary Negotiation
Song of the Dragons Flying to Heaven: Negotiating History
Performance and Korean "Sijo" Verse: Negotiating Difference
Conclusion