The Collected Stories of Jose Garcia Villa
The Collected Stories of Jose Garcia Villa

Author: José García Villa

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789715507127

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Here at last, insofar as possible for the meticulous and indefatigable scholar, an amazing collection of the entire corpus of Jose Garcia Villa's short stories! Through all the stories in light of that assessment, we see how Villa as fictionist gained his critical acumen in the art of fiction whereby as its critic he cleared the ground for its maturity in the development of Philippine fiction; likewise, Villa's agon with the medium of expression for substance and form led him to poetry as Doveglion: the stories are the sea, says Villa, the poems the horizon, for the sea designed the horizon.

Doveglion: Collected Poems
Doveglion: Collected Poems

Author: Jose Garcia Villa

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2008-07-29

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1101662689

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The renowned modernist poet of experiment and innovation known as “The Pope of Greenwich Village” and a pioneer of Filipino American poetry A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his first U.S. poetry collection published by Viking Press in 1942, Villa was admired for “the reverence, the raptness, the depth of concentration in [his] bravely deep poems” (Marianne Moore). Doveglion (Villa’s pen name for dove, eagle, and lion) contains Villa’s collected poetry, including rare and previously unpublished material. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The Anchored Angel
The Anchored Angel

Author: José García Villa

Publisher: Kaya/Muae

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9781885030283

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Jose Garcia Villa was an elusive figure in American literary circles. At the height of his career in the 1940s and 1950s, Villa was part of an elite literary circle that included Marianne Moore, e. e. cummings, Dame Edith Sitwell, Dylan Thomas, and W.H. Auden. His first book of poetry, Have Come, Am Here, won the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in 1942, the first of many other awards. Yet, despite numerous accolades, he has been largely dismissed in the United States where his reputation was built and has been criticized in Asian American studies for not being "ethnic" enough. The Anchored Angel rediscovers the work of this fierce: conoclast by reprinting a selection of his writing and providing rich secondary materials, including a complete bibliography.

The Critical Villa
The Critical Villa

Author: José García Villa

Publisher: Ateneo University Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9789715504164

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First anthology of Villa's essays written from the 1920s to the 1950s, which created a canon of Philippine fiction and poetry--essays counting as among the most significant in Philippine literary criticism in English. Includes the famed annual Villa selection of best short stories and poems, occasional critical essays and letters to the editor, and unpublished pieces. With extensive explanatory and bibliographic notes.

Poetry is
Poetry is

Author: José García Villa

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9789715507172

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José Garcia Villa, a twentieth century Philippine phenomenon, took by storm the Filipino and American literary establishments, winning wide acclaim for short stories and poems in English. Turning to poetics -- what poetry is and does -- he lectured at his Greenwich Village workshops. Editor Robert King -- Villa's long-time student -- has restored these lectures from Villa's theory of poetry notebooks at Harvard's Houghton Library. They unfold in plain textbook form and make the case for restoration of lyric poetry divested of prose elements and for an expanded readership of same.

Philippine Short Stories, 1925-1940
Philippine Short Stories, 1925-1940

Author: Leopoldo Y. Yabes

Publisher: UP Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 542

ISBN-13: 9715420834

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This anthology puts together some sixty-six short stories in English written by Filipino authors within forty years following the introduction of English in the Philippines. Originally published in periodicals now long out of circulation, they have been given this more enduring form through the efforts of Leopoldo Y. Yabes, a well-known literary critic, scholar, and educator. Students of Philippine literature will find this anthology invaluable as a reference and will appreciate the discussion and information provided by the editor in his introductory essays.

Manila Noir
Manila Noir

Author: Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn

Publisher: Akashic Books

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 161775160X

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Manila is not for the faint of heart. Population: over ten million and growing by the minute. Climate: hot, humid and prone to torrential monsoon rains of biblical proportions. The ultimate femme fatale, she's complicated and mysterious, with a tainted, painful past. The perfect, torrid setting for noir. Edited by Dogeaters (Penguin, 1991) author and National Book Award Nominee Jessica Hagedorn, and featuring original stories from a stunning group of multi-award-winning authors.

Charlie Chan Is Dead 2
Charlie Chan Is Dead 2

Author: Jessica Hagedorn

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2004-02-24

Total Pages: 609

ISBN-13: 1101161515

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More than a decade after its initial publication, the groundbreaking anthology Charlie Chan Is Dead remains the best available source for contemporary Asian American fiction. Edited by acclaimed novelist and National Book Award nominee Jessica Hagedorn, Charlie Chan Is Dead 2: At Home in the World brings together forty-two fresh, fascinating voices in Asian American writing—from classics by Jose Garcia Villa and Wakako Yamauchi to exciting new fiction from Akhil Sharma, Ruth Ozeki, Chang-Rae Lee, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Monique Truong. Sweeping in background and literary style, from pioneering writers to newly emerging voices from the Hmong and Korean communities, these exceptional works celebrate the full spectrum of Asian American experience and identities, transcending stereotypes and revealing the strength and vitality of Asian America today.