Singing Like a Cricket, Hooting Like an Owl: Selected Poems of Yi Kyu-Bo

Kyu-bo Yi (1168-1241), the greatest of the classical Korean poets, was born into a very turbulent period of history, when the Koryo kingdom was threatened from the north by barbarians and from within by the ongoing struggle for supremacy among the various factions. His poems, confessional and transcendent, describe moments of personal illumination in the course of everyday life.

Author: Kyu-Bo Yi
Publisher: Cornell East Asia Series
Published: 03/31/2010
Pages: 106
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 5.90h x 8.70w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781885445780
ISBN10: 1885445784
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Asian | General
- Poetry | Asian | General
- History | Asia | Korea

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Kyu-Bo Yi (1168-1241), the greatest of the classical Korean poets, was born into a very turbulent period of history, when the Koryo kingdom was threatened from the north by barbarians and from within by the ongoing struggle for supremacy among the various factions. His poems, confessional and transcendent, describe moments of personal illumination in the course of everyday life.