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The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong: The Autobiographical Writings of a Crown Princess of Eighteenth-Century Korea / JaHyun Kim Haboush (Editor, Translator), Dorothy Ko (Foreword).

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkley : University of California Press, c2013Description: 272 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 978-0520280489
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 951.902092 H9958m
Summary: Lady Hyegyong's memoirs, which recount the chilling murder of her husband by his father, form one of the best known and most popular classics of Korean literature. From 1795 until 1805 Lady Hyegyong composed this masterpiece, depicting a court life Shakespearean in its pathos, drama, and grandeur. Presented in its social, cultural, and historical contexts, this first complete English translation opens a door into a world teeming with conflicting passions, political intrigue, and the daily preoccupations of a deeply intelligent and articulate woman. JaHyun Kim Haboush's accurate, fluid t
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Books Books Library, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) Window on Korea Non-fiction 951.902092 H9958m (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2013 01 Available WOK000204
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Includes Index.

Lady Hyegyong's memoirs, which recount the chilling murder of her husband by his father, form one of the best known and most popular classics of Korean literature. From 1795 until 1805 Lady Hyegyong composed this masterpiece, depicting a court life Shakespearean in its pathos, drama, and grandeur. Presented in its social, cultural, and historical contexts, this first complete English translation opens a door into a world teeming with conflicting passions, political intrigue, and the daily preoccupations of a deeply intelligent and articulate woman. JaHyun Kim Haboush's accurate, fluid t