~ Singapore Poetry : General Criticism ~

 

Aveling, Harry. Towards an anthology of poetry from Singapore and Malaysia. Tiffin, Chris, ed. South Pacific images. Brisbane: South Pacific Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, 1978. Pp. 81-92. [PR9080 Sou]

Aw Yong, Bee Yeng. Play-sense in poetry's wonderland. The Arts, 4:12, June 1997. [LG399 Nus.TA]

Ban, Kah Choon. An introduction to undergraduate poetry. Focus, 8:26-32, 1976. [PL5144 F]

Ban, Kah Choon & Lee, Tzu Pheng. 'Only connect': quest and response in Singapore-Malaysian poetry. IN Crewe, William, ed. The English language in Singapore. Singapore: Eastern Universities Press, 1977. Pp. 189-208. [PE3502.12 Cre]

Bennett, Bruce. The subdued ego: poetry from Singapore and Malaysia. Meanjin, 37(2):240-246, 1978. [PR9400 MQ]

Birch, David. Cunning beneath the verbs: demythologising Singapore English poetry. IN Hyland, Peter, ed. Discharging the canon: cross-cultural readings in literature. Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1986. Pp. 147-190. [PN85 Dis]

Brewster, Anne. Singaporean and Malaysian women poets, local and expatriate. IN Bennett, Bruce; Ee, Tiang Hong & Shepherd, Ron, eds. The writer's sense of the contemporary: papers in Southeast Asian and Australian literature. Nedlands, WA: Centre for Studies in Australian Literature, University of Western Australia, 1982. Pp. 46-50. [PL3508 Wri]

Eng, Jee Nee. The bards of Singapore. Solidarity, 119:25-33, 1988. [Perind Reprint Collection]

Eng, Jee Nee. Singapore poetry in English: the question of individual voice. 36p. Academic exercise - Dept. of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1982. [PR13 *1982 9]

Goh, Robbie B. H. The sense of the past in Singapore poetry. IN Goh, Robbie B. H., ed. Memoirs & desires: a poetic history of Singapore. Singapore: UniPress, 1998. Pp. xvi-xxxv. [PL5147.1 Mem]

Gordon, Jan B. The crisis of poetic utterance: the case of Singapore. Pacific Moana Quarterly, 4(1):9-16, 1979. [PN1 PQ]

Gordon, Jan B. The "second tongue" myth: English poetry in polylingual Singapore. Ariel, 5(4):41-65, 1984. [PR1 A]

Harris, Stuart. Themes & images: a practical criticism workbook of Singaporean and Malaysian poetry in English. Singapore: Heinemann Asia, 1989. 75p. [PL5145 Har]

Haskell, Dennis. "Authority" in modern Singaporean poetry. IN Kirpal Singh, ed. Interlogue: studies in Singapore literature. Vol. 2. Poetry. Singapore: Ethos Books, 1999. Pp. 19-34. [PL5145 Stu]

Haskell, Dennis. Introduction II. IN Pang, Alvin & Lee, Aaron. No other city: the Ethos anthology of urban poetry. Singapore: Ethos Books, 2000. Pp. 26-31. [PL5147.1 No]

Haskell, Dennis. 'People, traffic and concrete': perceptions of the city in modern Singaporean poetry. Thumboo, Edwin, ed. Perceiving other worlds. Singapore: Times Academic Press for UniPress, 1991. Pp. 237-249. "Also published in SPAN, vol. 32, pp. 85-94, 1991". [PR9080 SPA]

Heng, Siok Tian. Favorable trends for Singaporean poetry. Solidarity, 119:110-112, 1988. [DS651 S]

Heng, Siok Tian. Landscape of Singapore poetry. 33p. Academic exercise - Dept. of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1986. [PR13 *1986 40]

Ho, Patricia Peck Har. The significance of history in the generation of metaphor: a case-study of metaphors of the landscape in Singapore poetry using relevance theory. 103p. Academic exercise - Dept. of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1996. [PR13 *1996 17]

Holaday, Woon-Ping Chin. Hybrid blooms: the emergent poetry in English of Malaysia and Singapore. In Koelb, Clayton & Noakes, Susan. The comparative perspective on literature: approaches to theory. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1988. Pp. 130-146. [PN871 Com]

Holaday, Woon-Ping Chin. Singing in a second tongue: recent Malaysian and Singaporean poetry in English. Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 18(1):27-41, 1983. [PR9080 JCL]

Hyland, Peter. Singapore: poet, critic, audience. IN Ashcroft, Bill; Griffiths, Gareth & Tiffin, Helen, eds. The post-colonial studies reader. London: Routledge, 1995. Pp. 471-474. "First published in World Literature Written in English, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 137-145, 1984". [PR9080 Pos]

James, Louis. Finding the tiger in our midst: some problems of engagement in contemporary Singapore poetry. IN Kirpal Singh, ed. Interlogue: studies in Singapore literature. Vol. 2. Poetry. Singapore: Ethos Books, 1999. Pp. 151-157. [PL5145 Stu]

Janadas Devan. Comment I: 'Poetry Corner' or the "Have a Heart" school of criticism. Commentary, 5(2):61-65, 1981. "This was followed by correspondence from Kirpal Singh, Anne Brewster, R. A. Shelley, and Devan Janadas, published in Commentary, vol. 5, nos. 3-4, pp. 121-127, 1982". [DS599.1 C]

Kanaganayakam, Chelva. Dirty green: reflections of contemporary Singapore poetry in English. IN Kirpal Singh, ed. Interlogue: studies in Singapore literature. Vol. 2. Poetry. Singapore: Ethos Books, 1999. Pp. 139-150. [PL5145 Stu]

Kirpal Singh. Achieving maturity: Singapore poetry in English. Westerly, 21(4):91-94, 1976. [AP7 W]

Kirpal Singh. The effort of adjustment: the voice of the young in Singapore poetry. ACLALS Bulletin, 5(1): 67-71, 1978. [Perind Reprint Collection]

Kirpal Singh. Introduction. IN Kirpal Singh, ed. Interlogue: studies in Singapore literature. Vol. 2. Poetry. Singapore: Ethos Books, 1999. Pp. 9-17. [PL5145 Stu]

Kirpal Singh. Political commitment and poetic utterance. IN Maes-Jelinek, Hena; Petersen, Kirsten Holst & Rutherford, Anna, eds. A shaping of connections: Commonwealth literature studies then and now: essays in honour of A.N. Jeffares. Sydney, NSW: Dangaroo Press, 1989. Pp. 181-191. [PR9080 Sha]

Kirpal Singh. Singapore English literature: regionalism and the question of national identity. IN Powell, Robert, ed. Regionalism: forging an identity. Singapore: School of Architecture, National University of Singapore, 1991. Pp. 93-109. "With reference to Singapore poetry". [NA1511 Reg]

Kirpal Singh. The temper of modernity: Papua New Guinea and Singapore. IN Bennett, Bruce; Ee, Tiang Hong & Shepherd, Ron, eds. The writer's sense of the contemporary: papers in Southeast Asian and Australian literature. Nedlands, WA: Centre for Studies in Australian Literature, University of Western Australia, 1982. Pp. 15-20. [PL3508 Wri]

Kirpal Singh, ed. Critical engagements: Singapore poems in focus. Singapore: Heinemann Asia, 1986. 144p. "A critical examination of fifteen poems written by Edwin Thumboo, Arthur Yap, Lee Tzu Pheng, Chandran Nair, Wong May, Robert Yeo, Sng Boh Khim, Kirpal Singh, Simon Tay and Goh Poh Seng". [PL5145 Cri]

Kirpal Singh, ed. Interlogue: studies in Singapore literature. Vol. 2. Poetry. Singapore: Ethos Books, 1999. 196p. [PL5145 Stu]

Koh, Buck Song. After 25 years, why poetry? Singapore Book World, 23:39-41, 1993/94. [Z464.12 SBW]

Koh, Tai Ann. Singapore writing in English: the literary tradition and cultural identity. IN Tham, Seong Chee, ed. Essays on literature and society in Southeast Asia: political and sociological perspectives. Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1981. Pp. 160-186. "Covers chiefly poetry". [PN51 Ess]

Kwan-Terry, John. Poetry (Singapore). IN Benson, Eugene & Conolly, L. W., eds. Encyclopedia of post-colonial literatures in English. London: Routledge, 1994. Pp. 1267-1269. [PR19 Enc]

Kwan-Terry, John. Ulysses circling the Merlion: the invention of identity in Singapore poetry in English and Chinese. IN Thumboo, Edwin, ed. Perceiving other worlds. Singapore: Times Academic Press for UniPress, 1991. Pp. 115-138. [PR9698 Per]

Lee, Tzu Pheng. Introduction to Singapore poetry in English. IN Thumboo, Edwin, et al., eds. The poetry of Singapore. Singapore: ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information, 1985. Pp. 451-464. [PR9699 Asl]

Lee, Tzu Pheng. Some thoughts on the future of the arts in Singapore (with reference to poetry and creative writing). Focus, 5:35-37, 1971. [PL5144 F]

Lee, Tzu Pheng. Words in search of people: a brief overview of the current poetry in English from Singapore. Tenggara, 24:72-80, 1989. [PL5144 TE]

Liaw, Yock Fang. The poetry of Singapore. Commentary, 7(1):53-54, 62, 1986. "Review of The Poetry of Singapore edited by Edwin Thumboo (et al)". [DS599.1 C]

Lim, Siew Lian. The utopian thrust in Singapore poetry in English. 34p. Academic exercise - Dept. of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1987. [PR13 *1987 22]

Ong, Hui Lin. Singapore poetry: a study in imagery. 39p. Academic exercise - Dept. of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1986. [PR13 *1986 46]

Ong, Sor Fern. Young poets' society: there's rhyme and reason. Straits Times. Life!: 1-2, Oct. 3, 1998. [Microfilm]

Ong, Teong Hean. Brief survey of Singapore poetry in English. Singapore Book World, 13:15-17, 1982. [Z464.12 SBW]

Onomiyi, Tope. Island in verse: constructing identity from Singapore poetry. IN Kirpal Singh, ed. Interlogue: studies in Singapore literature. Vol. 2. Poetry. Singapore: Ethos Books, 1999. Pp. 51-67. [PL5145 Stu]

Ooi, Boo Eng. Singapore/Malaysian poetry: at least something and less and more (part 1). Southeast Asian Review of English, 1:41-51, 1980. [PL5144 SAR]

Ooi, Boo Eng. Singapore/Malaysian poetry: at least something and less and more (part 2). Southeast Asian Review of English, 2:44-62, 1981. [PL5144 SAR]

Patke, Rajeev S. Voice and authority in English poetry from Singapore. IN Kirpal Singh, ed. Interlogue: studies in Singapore literature. Vol. 2. Poetry. Singapore: Ethos Books, 1999. Pp. 85-103. [PL5145 Stu]

Platt, John & Kirpal Singh. The use of localized English in Singapore poetry. English World-Wide, 5(1):43-54, 1981. [PE1700 EWW]

Subramaniam K. A critical history of Malaysian and Singaporean poetry in English. 317p. Thesis (M.A.) - Dept. of English, University of Malaya, 1979. [PR13*M 1979 3]

Talib, Ismail S. The language of Singapore poetry. IN Kirpal Singh, ed. Interlogue: studies in Singapore literature. Vol. 2. Poetry. Singapore: Ethos Books, 1999. Pp. 119-129. [PL5145 Stu]

Tan, Ee Sze. A cross-cultural comparison of metaphor in Singapore poetry. 137p. Thesis (M.A.) - Dept. of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1997. [PR13 *1997 99]

Tan, Lisa Marie. Poets, posers or prostitutes. Esplanade the Arts Magazine: 29-32, July/Aug. 1988. [NX577.2 EAM]

Tay, Simon. A new generation of poets. The Arts, 2:22-25, 1995. "Also published in Straits Times, Feb. 25, 1995". [LG399 Nus.TA]

Thumboo, Edwin. Exile to native in Singapore poetries. IN Bennett, Bruce, ed. A sense of exile: essays in the literature of the Asia-Pacific region. Nedlands, WA: Centre for Studies in Australian Literature, University of Western Australia, 1988. Pp. 43-55. [PR9698 Sen]

Thumboo, Edwin. Introduction. IN Thumboo, Edwin, ed. The second tongue: an anthology of poetry from Malaysia and Singapore. Singapore: Heinemann, Educational Books (Asia), 1976. [PL5147.1 Thu]

Vaidynathan, Sumathi. Poetry scene picks up. Mirror: 10-12, June 1, 1991. [DS591 MMR]

Wang, Gungwu. Trial and error in Malayan poetry. Malayan Undergrad, 9:6, July 1958. [LH7 MU]

Yap, Arthur. Singapore literature in English I: a survey of criticisms on Singapore poetry in English. IN Kapur, Basant K., ed. Singapore studies: critical surveys of the humanities and social sciences. Singapore: Singapore University Press for Centre for Advanced Studies, National University of Singapore, 1986. Pp. 459-478. [DS599.2 Sis]

Yeo, Robert. Poetry in English in the seventies. Commentary, 3(2):35-38, 1970. [DS599.1 C]

Yeo, Robert. Poetry in English in Singapore & Malaysia. Singapore Book World, 1(1):14-19, 1970. [Z464.12 SBW]

Zubaidah Abdul Ghani. A study of Singapore-Malaysian poetry. 43p. Academic exercise - Dept. of English Language & Literature, University of Singapore, 1978. [PR13 *1978 20]

 

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