Tilting the jar, spilling the moon: poems from Koryo, Choson and contemporary Korea

Editor: Kevin O'Rourke
Author: Various, Yi Kyu-bo
Translated by: Kevin O'Rourke
Publisher: Dedalus Press, 1993
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This book represents the very best of the Korean poetic tradition, from Yi Kyu-bo to the present, a poetry alert to humour and transcendence.

Kevin O’Rourke is an Irish priest working with the Columban Fathers in Korea. Currently he is professor of English at Kyunghee University.

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