The Poetics of Indonesian and Malaysian Women's Writing: A Gynocritical Reading Tapa blanda - 2016

Kuala Lumpur: Institut Terjemahan Negara Malaysia, 2016. First edition. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. In a ground breaking work, the author seeks to distinguish female writing from male writing with a special reference to Indonesian and Malaysian authors from the 1930s onwards. She starts by explaining gynocriticism and female poetics generally, then moves on to examine how this is applicable in the Indonesian and Malaysian context and concludes with separate chapters on selected Indonesian and Malaysian authors to illustrate and develop her argument. This book has been translated into English from the Malay original. Very Good Paperback 270 pages with references and an index. Weight: 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia There is some spotting on the text block and faint tanning of the pages. Otherwise the book looks new.