Download or read book Anthology of Korean Poetry from the Earliest Era to the Present written by Peter H. Lee and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive anthology of Korean poetry ever published in the English language. In it Peter H. Lee, a Korean scholar, has selected and translated the verse of his country, ranging from the beginning of the Silla Dynasty, in 57 B.C., to the middle of the twentieth century. Throughout the span of the two thousand years represented here, poetry has been an essential part of Korean culture, revered as the most serious and intelligent of all the arts. The poems in this volume are rich in religious overtones and a contemplation of nature, selected for their reflection of Korean life close to the earth.