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ISBN 10: 3034314868
ISBN 13: 978-3034314862
Author: Agnes Lam
Literatures in English have emerged in several Asian communities and have enjoyed a growing readership. Creative writing programmes in Asia and other parts of the world have also attracted many new voices from Asia. However, little is known about how learners from different language backgrounds become published poets in English. This book is a pioneering work on the development of poets and poetry in English in Asia. It offers a five-stage model to understand such phenomena. The life experiences of 50 published poets from five Asian locations: Macao, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines and India, based on interviews conducted by the author, and their poetry are analyzed to appreciate how learners of English in multilingual environments become published poets and how such individual metamorphosis contributes to the growth of literary communities at local, regional and cosmopolitan levels. Researchers on Asian Englishes and literatures in English, teachers and participants in creative writing programmes, policy makers for English in education or the nurturing of the creative arts and any one interested in poetry writing will find the book highly informative and inspiring.
Table of contents:
Chapter 1 – Introduction
Introduction
Creative Writing in Bilingual and Multilingual Contexts
Speech Communities, Literary Communities and Embodied Creativity
A Model for the Development of Poets and their Communities
The (Auto)biographical Research Method
The Contemporary Asian Poetry in English Project
Outline of the Book
References
Chapter 2 – Defining Asian Poetry and Poets in English
Introduction
The Complexity of Asia and Asian Writers
Representations in International Anthologies
Representations in National/Urban Anthologies
Delimitating Corpuses, Community and Poetic Identity
Approach Adopted in this Book
Summary
References
Chapter 3 – Macao: Creating Poets
Introduction
Ten Poets in Macao
Stage 1 – Emergence of English Literacy
Stage 2 – Secretive Writing or Apprenticeship
Stage 3 – Publishing as Initiation
Stage 4 – Poetic Identity and Voice
Stage 5 – Mentoring
The Community in Macao
Themes, Language and Poetics
Summary
References
Poems Cited in Table 3.2
Chapter 4-Hong Kong: A Cosmopolitan Mix
Introduction
Ten Poets in Hong Kong
Stage 1 – Emergence of English Literacy
Stage 2 – Secretive Writing or Apprenticeship
Stage 3 – Publishing as Initiation
Stage 4 – Poetic Identity and Voice
Stage 5 – Mentoring
The Community in Hong Kong
Themes, Language and Poetics
Summary
References
Poems Cited in Table 4.2
Chapter 5- Singapore: Changing of the Guards
Introduction
Ten Poets in Singapore
Stage 1 – Emergence of English Literacy
Stage 2 – Secretive Writing or Apprenticeship
Stage 3 – Publishing as Initiation
Stage 4 – Poetic Identity and Voice
Stage 5 – Mentoring
The Community in Singapore
Themes, Language and Poetics
Summary
References
Poems Cited in Table 5.2
Chapter 6 – The Philippines: A Heritage of Mentoring
Introduction
Ten Poets in the Philippines
Stage 1 – Emergence of English Literacy
Stage 2 – Secretive Writing or Apprenticeship
Stage 3 – Publishing as Initiation
Stage 4 – Poetic Identity and Voice
Stage 5 – Mentoring
The Community in the Philippines
Themes, Language and Poetics
Summary
References
Poems Cited in Table 6.2
Chapter 7 – India: Home and Beyond
Introduction
Ten Poets in India
Stage 1 – Emergence of English Literacy
Stage 2 – Secretive Writing or Apprenticeship
Stage 3 – Publishing as Initiation
Stage 4 – Poetic Identity and Voice
Stage 5 – Mentoring
The Community in India
Themes, Language and Poetics
Summary
References
Poems Cited in Table 7.2
Chapter 8 – Conclusion
Introduction
The Five-Stage Model Revisited
The Myth of Poetic Death
Nurturing Poets and Literary Communities
Cosmopolitan Asian English Poetries
A Final Word
References
Appendix – Interview Questions
Background
Development
The Writing Process and Discussion of Poems
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