2001, ISBN: 9812104259

[SR: 12680879], Paperback, [EAN: 9789812104250], Cavendish Square Publishing, Cavendish Square Publishing, Book, [PU: Cavendish Square Publishing], Cavendish Square Publishing, Frankie Si… Mehr…

[SR: 12680879], Paperback, [EAN: 9789812104250], Cavendish Square Publishing, Cavendish Square Publishing, Book, [PU: Cavendish Square Publishing], Cavendish Square Publishing, Frankie Sionil Jos of the Philippines is among Asias leading fictionist. In a career spanning more than half a century that included editing Solidarity, which promotes writing in and about Southeast Asia, he has produced a remarkable body of fiction. Apart from winning various prizes, he was a Ramon Magsaysay awardee (1980) and a National Artist for Literature (2001). This tribute, in commemoration of Joss 80th birthday, brings together reminiscences, poems, and a substantial number of essays, all published for the first time. The comprehensive bibliography is indispensable to all who wish to study his work. By leading scholars of Filipino literature, the essays examine such themes as nation, history and society in Joss works, and his use of English and of myth, through an examination of single or groups of texts of which the quintet that forms the Rosales Saga is the most notable. They provide a challenging explication and assessment that, together with the other contributions,, 10207, Criticism & Theory, 10204, History & Criticism, 17, Literature & Fiction, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 271608011, Asian, 10159359011, Chinese, 10159361011, Indian, 10159362011, Japanese, 10159358011, Regional & Cultural, 10204, History & Criticism, 17, Literature & Fiction, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<

2004, ISBN: 9812104259

[SR: 7909100], Paperback, [EAN: 9789812104250], Times Academic Press,Singapore, Times Academic Press,Singapore, Book, [PU: Times Academic Press,Singapore], 2004-12-03, Times Academic Pres… Mehr…

[SR: 7909100], Paperback, [EAN: 9789812104250], Times Academic Press,Singapore, Times Academic Press,Singapore, Book, [PU: Times Academic Press,Singapore], 2004-12-03, Times Academic Press,Singapore, 275013, Essays, Journals & Letters, 275389, Poetry, Drama & Criticism, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 275068, History & Criticism, 275070, Children's Literature Studies, 275071, Drama & Dramatists, 274863, History of Books, 591858, Key Critics, 275080, Literary Studies, 275096, Literary Theory & Movements, 275105, Novels & Novelists, 275110, Poetry & Poets, 591932, Study Guides, 275389, Poetry, Drama & Criticism, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 863816, Journalism, 277126, Writing, 59, Reference, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books<