LEADER 03399nam 22005175 450 001 9910451916703321 005 20210527023651.0 010 $a1-322-35350-6 010 $a1-4294-8080-7 024 7 $a10.7312/sowo13972 035 $a(CKB)1000000000475565 035 $a(EBL)895217 035 $a(OCoLC)826477813 035 $a(DE-B1597)459344 035 $a(OCoLC)979628632 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231511452 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC895217 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000475565 100 $a20190708d2007 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAzaleas $eA Book of Poems /$fKim Sowol 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cColumbia University Press,$d[2007] 210 4$dİ2007 215 $a1 online resource (217 p.) 225 0 $aWeatherhead Books on Asia 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-231-13973-X 311 0 $a0-231-51145-0 327 $tFront matter --$tcontents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction: Sow?l's Poetry and Place in Korean Literature --$t1. For My Love --$t2. Spring Night --$t3. Two People --$t4. No One Lone Mountain --$t5. One Time, One Time --$t6. Half-Moon --$t7. The Cricket --$t8. If the Seacoast Changed to a Mulberry Grove --$t9. Summer's Moon --$t10. Forsaken --$t11. Alone --$t12. Loneliness of the Journey --$t13. Azaleas --$t14. Lighting the Flower Lamp at Night --$t15. Golden Meadow --$t16. Rooster Cock-a-Doodle-Doo --$tAfterword /$r?k, Kim 330 $aAvailable for the first time in English, Azaleas is a captivating collection of poems by a master of the early Korean modernist style. Published in 1925, Azaleas is the only collection Kim Sowol (1902-1934) produced during his brief life, yet he remains one of Korea's most beloved and well-known poets. His work is a delightful and sophisticated blend of the images, tonalities, and rhythms of traditional Korean folk songs with surprisingly modern forms and themes. Sowol is also known for his unique and sometimes unsettling perspective, expressed through loneliness, longing, and a creative use of dream imagery-a reflection of Sowol's engagement with French Symbolist poetry. Azaleas recounts the journey of a young Korean as he travels from the northern P'yongyang area near to the cosmopolitan capital of Seoul. Told through an array of voices, the poems describe the young man's actions as he leaves home, his experiences as a student and writer in Seoul, and his return north. Although considered a landmark of Korean literature, Azaleas speaks to readers from all cultures. An essay by Sowol's mentor, the poet Kim Ok, concludes the collection and provides vital insight into Sowol's work and life. This elegant translation by David R. McCann, an expert on modern Korean poetry, maintains the immediacy and richness of Sowol's work and shares with English-language readers the quiet beauty of a poet who continues to cast a powerful spell on generations of Korean readers. 606 $aPoetry 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aPoetry. 676 $a895.7/13 700 $aSowol$b Kim$01040725 701 $aMcCann$b David$0885867 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451916703321 996 $aAzaleas$92463818 997 $aUNINA