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The Short Story in South-East Asia: Aspects of a Genre
by Davidson, JHCS & H Cordell
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0728600951
- ISBN 13
- 9780728600959
- Seller
-
Jelutong, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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About This Item
School of Oriental and African Studies, 2002. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 5-10-15. This book is a collection of papers presented at the School of Oriental and African Studies in 1978-79 highlighting a seldom studied genre, i.e. short story writing in the vernacular in Southeast Asia. So short stories in Western Languages, Chinese and other minority langauges are excluded. 270 pages. The papers include - The Modern Short Story in South East Asia - JHCS Davidson, Publication and Readership of the Short Story in South East Asia: Some Observations - Helen Cordell, The Short Stories of Cambodian Popular Tradition - Judith M.Jacob, The Development of Political and Social Consciousness in Thai Short Stories - Manas Chitakasem, The Short Story in Burma: With Special reference to its Social and Political Significance - Anna J. Allott, The Indonesian Short Story After 1945 - E.U. Kratz, Two West Sumatran Writers: AA Navis and Nurdin Yakub - Nigel Phillips, The Evolution of the Malay Short Story From its Origins to the Present Day - Monique Zaini-Lajoubert, To Aid the Revolution: The Short Story as Pro-Liberation Literature in South Vietnam - JHCS Davidson, The Short Story in South East Asia: A Bibliography - Helen Cordell. There is also an index of names of South east Asian Short Story Writers and a Subject Index. Weight: 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia A previous owner's name has been inked on one of the end papers and there is some slight creasing to the cover. Otherwise the book is in excellent condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Penang Bookshelf
(MY)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AS111
- Title
- The Short Story in South-East Asia
- Author
- Davidson, JHCS & H Cordell
- Illustrator
- 5-10-15
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0728600951
- ISBN 13
- 9780728600959
- Publisher
- School of Oriental and African Studies
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- Asia - Literature - Shor Story - Southeast Asia - Malaysia - Thailand - Vietnam - Burma - Sumatra - Cambodia - Indonesia
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asia - Literature;
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Jelutong, Pulau Pinang
About The Penang Bookshelf
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