Like the Wind, Like the Water

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Like the Wind, Like the Water

Author: John J. Han
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9789385945724
Publisher: Cyberwit.Net
Pub. Date: 2017
Price: $27

Like the Wind, Like the Water: Korean Sijo offers an English translation of representative Korean-language sijo poems from the thirteenth century to the early twentieth century. Six poets come from the late Goryeo period, fifty-seven from the Joseon period, and three from the twentieth century. The sijo is a vernacular poetic form whose basic structure requires approximately forty-five Korean characters (syllabic blocks) arranged in three unrhymed lines. The highly lyrical, heartfelt poems in this volume will provide the reader with an intriguing window into the cultural, social, and philosophical values of traditional Korea.

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John J. Han
	John J. Han (Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln) is a scholar, poet, editor, and translator. He was born in South Jeolla Province, South Korea, in 1956 and came to America for graduate studies in English in 1988. He currently serves as Professor of English and Creative Writing and Chair of the Humanities Division at Missouri Baptist University in St. Louis.