English-language writing from Malaysia, Singapore, & the Philippines: An introduction

Autumn 1956 issue of Books Abroad (as WLT was known during the years 1927-76), the late Philippine author N.V.M Gonzalez attempted, with obvious discomfort, to survey and assess the preceding quarter-century of belletristic writing in Ceylon, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaya., Although he pointed out...

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Published in:World literature today 2000-04, Vol.74 (2), p.268
Main Author: Riggan, William
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
English language
Literature
Perceptions
Writing
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Summary:Autumn 1956 issue of Books Abroad (as WLT was known during the years 1927-76), the late Philippine author N.V.M Gonzalez attempted, with obvious discomfort, to survey and assess the preceding quarter-century of belletristic writing in Ceylon, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaya., Although he pointed out a good many individual authors and works deserving of at least passing notice if not rapt attention, his overriding sensation in doing so was one of "drawing the curtain upon a stage that is only now being set...
ISSN:0196-3570
1945-8134