Variations: Three Korean Poets

by Su-Young Kim, Kyong-Nim Shin, Si-Young Lee, Brother Anthony of Taize (Translator), Young-Moo Kim (Translator)

Overview

This book showcases the work of three major Korean poets born at fourteen-year intervals, in 1921, 1935, and 1949. Each has tried to renew Korean poetry by bringing it into closer contact with everyday speech, social issues, and ordinary people's lives. Kim Su-Young was a major pioneer, first developing as a Modernist but then moving toward a poetry that addresses social issues and uses ordinary language. Shin Kyong-Nim spent years living among the simple working people of rural Korea. Today Lee Si-Young writes in a similar spirit about the pain and dignity of humble lives. In this bilingual volume, a wide selection of these three poets' most significant work is made available in English for the first time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781885445100
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Publication date:	03/31/2010
Series:	Cornell East Asia Series , #110
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.74(d)
Age Range:	18 Years