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RESOURCES

Websites

1. Elizabeth St. Jacques
An introduction to Sijo and its development in North America by
http://members.tripod.com/~Startag/IntroSijo.html

2. Larry Gross
A brief description of Sijo
http://thewordshop.tripod.com/Sijo/sijo-index.htm

3. Larry Gross
Sijo Masters in Translation
http://thewordshop.tripod.com/Sijo/masters.html

4. Victor Gendrano
A brief description of Sijo and collection of his sijo in English
http://www.geocities.com/vgendrano/sijo.html

5. Yahoo discussion group; This workshop encourages the writing, discussion and translation of traditional sijo in English.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sijoforum/

6. World Haiku Review, Editor's Choice; A sijo and commentary
http://www.worldhaikureview.org/1-2/edchoice2_8_01.shtml

7. Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sijo

8. Humanistic Texts; Collection of Sijo by Chong Chol
http://www.humanistictexts.org/chongchol.htm

Books
  • Richard Rutt, The Bamboo Grove: An introduction to Sijo, University of Michigan Press, 1998.
  • Lee, Peter. H. The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Korean Poetry. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. pp.69-160
  • James Hoyt, Soaring Phoenixes and Prancing Dragons; A Historical Survey of Korean Classical Literature, Korean Studies Series No. 20, Jimoondang International, 2000.
  • Jaihun Joyce Kim, Master Sijo Poems from Korea: Classical and Modern, Si-sa-yong-o-sa Pub, Inc., 1982.
  • Kichung Kim, An Introduction to Classical Korean Literature: From Hyang-ga to P'ansori, Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 1996.
  • David R. McCann, ed., Early Korean Literature, Columbia University Press, 2000.
  • Peter H. Lee, Ed., The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Korean Poetry, Columbia University Press, 2002.
  • Kevin O'Rourke. The Book of Korean Shijo, Harvard East Asian Monographs 215, Harvard-Ewha Series on Korea, Harvard University Asia Center, 2002.
  • Kim, Jaihiun. Classical Korean Poetry. Fremont, CA: Asian Humanities Press, 1994.
  • Lee, Don Y. Korean Literature: Sijo. Bloomington, IN: Eastern Press, 1994.
  • Lee, Peter H. Anthology of Korean Literature From Early Times to the Nineteenth Century. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1981. pp.92-100, 177-191, 285-289, 302.