Tale of Cho Ung - A Classic of Vengeance, Loyalty, and Romance

The Tale of Cho Ung is one of the most widely read and beloved stories of Choson Korea. The anonymously written tale recounts the adventures of protagonist Cho Ung as he overcomes obstacles and grows into a heroic young man. This first translation into English offers a glimpse into early modern Korean vernacular and popular literature.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Note on the Translation
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Notes
References

About the author

Sookja Cho is assistant professor of Korean and comparative literature at Arizona State University.

Summary

The Tale of Cho Ung is one of the most widely read and beloved stories of Choson Korea. The anonymously written tale recounts the adventures of protagonist Cho Ung as he overcomes obstacles and grows into a heroic young man. This first translation into English offers a glimpse into early modern Korean vernacular and popular literature.

Additional text

This is the story of a hero par excellence who is as much a filial son, respectful pupil, loyal husband, and supreme judge of people as he is the ultimate warrior. Sookja Cho poignantly delivers both its poetic elements and popular storyteller qualities, delivering a boon to the growing premodern Korean literature field and all readers ready to indulge Late Chosŏn Korea’s distinctive world of martial narrating and moralizing."

Product details

• Authors: Sookja (TRN) Cho
• Assisted by: Sookja Cho (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9780231186100
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18610-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Translations from the Asian Classics; Translations from the Asian Cl; Translations from the Asian Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Mixed anthologies; Fantasy, Adventure, FICTION / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Anthologies (multiple authors), FICTION / Fantasy / General, FICTION / Fantasy / Collections & Anthologies, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Adventure / action fiction