Nostalgia: Poems of Chung Ji-Yong - Softcover

Ji-yong, Chung

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0893046132 ISBN 13: 9780893046132

Publisher: Cross-Cultural Communications, 2017

Synopsis

Poetry. Asian & Asian American Studies. Bilingual Edition. Translated from the Korean by Sung-Il Lee and Insoo Lee. Edited by Stanley H. Barkan. This is a bilingual (Korean-English) selection of poems by the famed South Korean poet Chung Ji-yong, imprisoned by the North Koreans, translated by Sung-Il Lee and his father Insoo Lee, formatted in parallel texts, simultaneously published in America in paperback and hardcover editions.

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About the Author

A precursor of modern Korean poetry, Chung Ji-yong (1902 -1960) explored the potential of the Korean language as a medium of poetic utterances, and attained perfect fusion of the beauty of the sound of Korean and the thoughts that he wished his lines to contain. His poetry encompasses the whole gamut of poesy, ranging from sheer lyricism to puzzling word-play that demands intense celebration on the part of the reader. But the undercurrent of his poesy is his deep love of the musical quality inherent in the Korean tongue. Sometimes his lines have the ring of folk tunes, even of children's songs; sometimes they invite the readers to partake in the world of intensely imaginative poetic conceits.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cross-Cultural Communications
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0893046132
• ISBN 13: 9780893046132
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 231