Variations: Three Korean Poets

by Kim Su Young, Lee Si Young, Shin Kyong Nim, et al.

This book showcases the work of three major Korean poets born at fourteen-year intervals, in 1921, 1935, and 1949. Each has tried to renew Korean poetry by bringing it into closer contact with everyday speech, social issues, and ordinary people's lives. Kim Su-Young was a major pioneer, first developing as a Modernist but then moving toward a poetry that addresses social issues and uses ordinary language. Shin Kyong-Nim spent years living among the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1885445105
• ISBN13: 9781885445100
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Cornell University - Cornell East Asia Series
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher