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Lady Hyegyong's memoirs, which recount the chilling murder of her husband by his father, is one of the best known and most popular classics of Korean literature. From 1795 until 1805 Lady Hyegyong composed this masterpiece, which depicts a court life whose drama and pathos is of Shakespearean proportions.

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FOREWORD ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION The Author and Autobiographical Discourse Narrating Lives and the Sense of Self The Genres The Individual Memoirs: Themes and Issues Texts TRANSLATOR'S NOTE PRINCIPAL PERSONS THE MEMOIRS OF LADY HYEGYONG The Memoir of 1795 The Memoir of 1801 The Memoir of 1802 The Memoir of 1803 APPENDIX 1: GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE YI ROYAL HOUSE APPENDIX 2: GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE HONG FAMILY APPENDIX 3: GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE KYONGJU KIM FAMILY NOTES GLOSSARY INDEX

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 14/09/2013
      ISBN13: 9780520280489, 978-0520280489
      ISBN10: 0520280482
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Lady Hyegyong's memoirs, which recount the chilling murder of her husband by his father, is one of the best known and most popular classics of Korean literature. From 1795 until 1805 Lady Hyegyong composed this masterpiece, which depicts a court life whose drama and pathos is of Shakespearean proportions.

      Table of Contents
      FOREWORD ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION The Author and Autobiographical Discourse Narrating Lives and the Sense of Self The Genres The Individual Memoirs: Themes and Issues Texts TRANSLATOR'S NOTE PRINCIPAL PERSONS THE MEMOIRS OF LADY HYEGYONG The Memoir of 1795 The Memoir of 1801 The Memoir of 1802 The Memoir of 1803 APPENDIX 1: GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE YI ROYAL HOUSE APPENDIX 2: GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE HONG FAMILY APPENDIX 3: GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE KYONGJU KIM FAMILY NOTES GLOSSARY INDEX

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