Abstract
The paper develops a comparison between Jose Garcia Villa (1908-97) and Arthur Yap (1943-2006) as the principal Modernists of English poetry from Southeast Asia. Though they wrote from very dissimilar backgrounds, and in very different circumstances, each represents for his time and place a radical assimilation of Western poetic practices into a new form of experimental writing. The comparison delineates the various ways in which their example reveals the scope and limits of what can be achieved through a systematic subversion of traditional modes of poetic writing in Southeast Asia.
Recommended Citation
Patke, Rajeev S.
(2007)
"Modernist Poetic Practices in English Poetry from Southeast Asia: A Comparison Between Jose Garcia Villa and Arthur Yap,"
Kritika Kultura:
No.
9, Article 2.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13185/1656-152x.1123
Available at:
https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss9/2
