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Lives of Women

Lives of Women
Author
Yi Ok
Co-Author
-
Translator
Kim Jung-eun
Publisher
Seoul Selection
Published Year
2013
Country
SOUTH KOREA
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Complete Collection > Library > Complete Collection and Selected Works in Chinese

Original Title
한국 고전 선집(vol. 5), Korean Classic Stories: Lives of Women (vol. 5)
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

Romanization of Original
Hangung gojeon seonjip(vol. 5), Korean Classic Stories: Lives of Women (vol. 5)
ISBN
9781624120183
Page
116
Volume
5
The Series
Korean Classic Stories
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  • Yi Ok
  • Birth : 1760 ~ 1815
  • Occupation : Poet
  • First Name : Ok
  • Family Name : Yi
  • Korean Name : 이옥
  • ISNI : -
  • Works : 4
No. Call No. Location Status Due Date Reservation
1 영어 815 김흥규 한 v.5 c.2 LTI Korea Library Available - -
Descriptions
  • English(English)

The Widow and Her Dying Words are two notable examples of yadam that dealt with problems relating to social conventions. Understanding these works requires an awareness of the marital customs of the aristocracy, particularly the proscription against the remarriage of a widow. The conventional wisdom was that a good wife does not serve two husbands. As a result, young widows of the noble class were expected as a matter of course to live out the rest of their lives without a new spouse. The constraints were not imposed in the form of any law prohibiting widows of noble birth from meeting someone new and remarrying. However, any son born of those remarried widows was deemed deficient in his claims to nobility and subject to considerable discrimination when he sought appointment to a government office or promotion.

 

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