{"product_id":"the-memoirs-of-lady-hyegyong-9780520280489","title":"The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLady 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFOREWORD  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","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864893272407,"sku":"9780520280489","price":24.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520280489.jpg?v=1722273266","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-memoirs-of-lady-hyegyong-9780520280489","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}