Fabulists and Chroniclers

Fabulists and Chroniclers
Author: Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo
Publisher: UP Press
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2008
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9715425860

Has its close connections with academe enriched or diminished Philippine literature in English? Are there alternatives to academe as literary arbiters? How do contemporary Filipino women writers "perform" the modern wonder tale? These are some of the questions that Hidalgo asks in her latest book.

Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English

Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English
Author: Eugene Benson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1950
Release: 2004-11-30
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1134468482

" ... Documents the history and development of [Post-colonial literatures in English, together with English and American literature] and includes original research relating to the literatures of some 50 countries and territories. In more than 1,600 entries written by more than 600 internationally recognized scholars, it explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide.

Five Faces of Exile

Five Faces of Exile
Author: Augusto Fauni Espiritu
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2005
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780804751216

Five Faces of Exile is the first transnational history of Asian American intellectuals. Espiritu explores five Filipino American writers whose travels, literary works, and political reflections transcend the boundaries of nations and the categories of "Asia" and "America."

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Total Pages: 1052
Release: 1962
Genre: Copyright
ISBN:

Includes Part 1, Number 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals July - December)

The Critical Villa

The Critical Villa
Author: José García Villa
Publisher: Ateneo University Press
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2002
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9789715504164

First anthology of Villa's essays written from the 1920s to the 1950s, which created a canon of Philippine fiction and poetry--essays counting as among the most significant in Philippine literary criticism in English. Includes the famed annual Villa selection of best short stories and poems, occasional critical essays and letters to the editor, and unpublished pieces. With extensive explanatory and bibliographic notes.

Philippine English

Philippine English
Author: MA. Lourdes S. Bautista
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2008-11-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9622099475

An overview and analysis of the role of English in the Philippines, the factors that led to its spread and retention, and the characteristics of Philippine English today.