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Classical Korean Poetry

Editor: Jaihiun Kim
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Translated by:
Publisher: , 1994
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Introduced and Translated by Jaihiun Kim
The 600 verses presented in this anthology will provide the reader with comprehensive and varied aspects of the sijo, the traditional Korean lyric, since its emergence as a fixed literary form as early as the late 12th century down to the 19th century.

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