Translations of poems by Koreans (written in Korean vernacular, not Chinese), including historical annotations and organized by era. The collection and historical notations are brief but useful, and sadly the translations are weak in song, vitality and in capturing a sense of the different voices in various poets, revealing the difficulty of translating poetry.
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