This books offers a comprehensive sampling of the major genres of poetry and prose written from about A.D. 600 to the end of the nineteenth century. The book contains a dazzling array of myths and legends, essays and biographies, love poems and Zen poems, satirical tales and tales of wonder, stories of adventure and of heroism, as well as quieter works treating the farmer's works and days and the pleasures and sorrows of the simple life.
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Product details

ISBN
9780824807566
Published
1983-02-28
Publisher
University of Hawai'i Press; University of Hawai'i Press
Weight
1130 gr
Height
234 mm
Width
152 mm
Thickness
22 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
338

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Biographical note

Peter H. Lee is professor emeritus of Korean and comparative literature at the University of California, Los Angeles.