Routledge Concise History of Southeast Asian Writing in English

Informationen zum Autor Rajeev S. Patke, Philip Holden Klappentext The Routledge Concise History of Southeast Asian Writing in English traces the development of literature in the region within its historical and cultural contexts, establishing connections from the colonial activity of the early modern period through to contemporary writing across nations such as Thailand, China, Malaya, Singapore and Hong Kong. Zusammenfassung The Routledge Concise History of Southeast Asian Writing in English traces the development of literature in the region within its historical and cultural contexts, establishing connections from the colonial activity of the early modern period through to contemporary writing across nations such as Thailand, China, Malaya, Singapore and Hong Kong. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Southeast Asia: Historical Contexts 3. Linguistic Contexts 4. Malaysian & Singaporean writing to 1965 5. Filipino writing to 1965 6. Narrative Fiction 1965–90 7. Poetry 1965–90 8. Drama 1965–-90 9. Expatriate, Diasporic & Minoritarian writing 10. Contemporary Fiction 11. Contemporary Poetry 12. Contemporary Drama 13. From the Contemporary to the Future 14. Bibliography. Index

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• Authors: Philip Holden, Philip (National University of Singapore Holden, Rajeev S. Patke, Rajeev S. (National University of Singapore Patke, Rajeev S. Holden Patke, PATKE RAJEEV, PATKE RAJEEV S HOLDEN PHILIP, Patke Rajeev S.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.07.2009
• EAN: 9780415435680
• ISBN: 978-0-415-43568-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Routledge Concise Histories of Literature; Routledge Concise Histories of Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Asia, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Regional Geography, Literary studies: postcolonial literature