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Writing Singapore: An Historical Anthology of Singapore Literature
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Description for Writing Singapore: An Historical Anthology of Singapore Literature
Hardcover. A comprehensive historical anthology of English-language literary works from Singapore. It attempts to place the texts that have imagined the territory and the people who are now recognizably Singaporean in a historical narrative, to be read, studied, critiqued and treasured. Editor(s): Poon, Angelia; Holden, Philip; Lim, Shirley. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMS; DQ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Writing Singapore is the first comprehensive historical anthology of English-language literary works from Singapore. The volume provides readers in Singapore an easy point of access to compelling narratives and poems that have been forgotten or are now difficult to obtain. For readers outside Singapore, it introduces a neglected but important range of works that represent the historical and contemporary imaginaries and realities of one of the world's most cosmopolitan countries. Singapore writing in English covers over a century of literary production in a variety of genres. Uniquely in Southeast Asia, the importance of the English language in Singapore continued to ... Read more
Writing Singapore is the first comprehensive historical anthology of English-language literary works from Singapore. The volume provides readers in Singapore an easy point of access to compelling narratives and poems that have been forgotten or are now difficult to obtain. For readers outside Singapore, it introduces a neglected but important range of works that represent the historical and contemporary imaginaries and realities of one of the world's most cosmopolitan countries. Singapore writing in English covers over a century of literary production in a variety of genres. Uniquely in Southeast Asia, the importance of the English language in Singapore continued to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
NUS Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
704
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789971694869
SKU
V9789971694869
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Ref
99-15
About
Angelia POON is Assistant Professor of English Literature at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Philip HOLDEN is Associate Professor of English Literature at the National University of Singapore. Shirley Geok-lin LIM is Professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara and former Chair Professor of English at the University of Hong Kong.
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