Philippine literature : from ancient times to the present /
Teofilo Tuazon Del Castillo and Buenaventura S. Medina Jr.
- Quezon City, Philippines : Teofilo Del Castillo, c1974
- xvii, 542 pages ; 22 cm
Part I. Ancient literature -- Chapter 1. Ancient Filipino poetry -- Chapter 2. Ancient Filipino tales -- Chapter 3. Ancient Metrical tales -- Chapter 4. Muslim-Filipino literature -- Chapter 5. Out Theatrical roots -- Chapter 6. Highland literature -- Part II. Literature of enlightenment -- Chapter 7. The Verse of religion and morality -- Chapter 8. Early drama -- Chapter 9. Transition : folk songs -- Chapter 10. The Prose of faith and morality -- Chapter 11. The Moro-moro -- Chapter 12. Balagtas and his kindred -- Chapter 13. The Corrido and the awit -- Part III. Literature of nationalism -- Chapter 14. Poetry in Spanish -- chapter 15. Prose in Spanish -- Chapter 16. Rizal's prose -- Chapter 17. Rizal's poetry -- Chapter 18. Rizal's contemporaries -- Chapter 19. Contemporary prose in Spanish -- Chapter 20. Contemporary poetry in Spanish -- Part IV. Contemporary literature -- Chapter 21. More contemporary poetry in Spanish -- Chapter 22. Contemporary prose in Spanish -- Chapter 23. Novel in Tagalog -- Chapter 24. Drama in Tagalog -- Chapter 25. Poetry in Tagalog -- Chapter 26. Short story in Tagalog -- Chapter 27. Essay : Men of public affairs -- Chapter 28. College prose -- Chapter 29. Essay of journalism in English --Chapter 30. Contemporary poetry in English -- Chapter 31. Drama in English -- Chapter 32. The Short Story in English -- Chapter 33. The Novel in English
"Like Philippine culture," wrote Alejandro R. Roces, "our literature is of a heterogenous nature. It is Filipino, and yet not purely so.