TY - BOOK AU - Maramba, Asuncion David TI - Early Philippine literature: from ancient times to 1940 SN - 9789712716782 AV - PL 5531 .M29 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - [Place of publication not identifed] PB - [publisher not identified] KW - PHILIPPINE LITERATURE (SPANISH) -- TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Introduction to the First Edition by Alejandro R. Roces -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgements -- Teaching Notes -- I. Ancient Times: Introduction -- Folktales -- Epics -- Poems -- Folksongs -- II. Spanish Times -- Literature of Religion & Morality -- Poems -- Prose -- Metrical Tales -- Verse Games and Rituals -- Drama -- Folksongs -- III. Nationalistic Period -- Literature of the Propaganda -- Literature of the Revolution -- IV. American Period -- Literature in Spanish -- Literature in Tagalog -- Literature in English -- General References -- General Topics N2 - Here is a comprehensive survey of Early Philippine Literature, covering the Ancient, Spanish, Nationalistic and American periods. Each period is represented by a wide range of selections. The book showcases the entire range of our literary heritage, from our unique ethno-epics, to a wide-ranging literature of religion and morality, to the literature of the Propaganda and Revolution, to our first forays into western literary types. This also includes works of little-known but landmark authors, as well as indigenous literary forms ER -