Anxiety of Words: Contemporary Poetry by Korean Women [Korean]

by Yi Yon-ju, Kim Hyesoon, Ch'oe Sung-Ja

Book Overview

Anxiety of Words focuses on the work of three contemporary Korean women poets whose fierce poetic voices display a critical consciousness of women's lives under patriarchy, capitalism, and neocolonialism. Each poet is represented, in bilingual format, by approximately twenty poems and a biographical introduction. The volume also contains a detailed introduction to the Korean poetry scene by translator Don Mee Choi, with a focus on the historical and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Korean
• ISBN: 0939010879
• ISBN13: 9780939010875
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Zephyr Press
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"