Between iron formalism and playful relativism: five recent studies in Malay writing.(We Are Playing Relatives: A Survey of Malay Writing)(The Heritage of Traditional Malay Literature: A Historical Survey of Genres, Writings, and Literary Views)(John Leyden's Malay Annals With an Introductory Essay)(Bidasari: Lewd of Malay Muslim Culture)(A Merry Senhor in the Malay World: Four Texts of the Syair Sinyor Kosta)(Critical essay)

From: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies | Date: February 1, 2007| Author: van der Putten, Jan | Copyright information

The heritage of traditional Malay literature: A historical survey of genres, writings, and literary views By VLADIMIR BRAGINSKY Leiden: KITLV Press, 2004. Pp. xiv, 890. Notes, Bibliography, Index.

John Leyden's Malay Annals With an introductory essay by VIRGINIA MATHESON HOOKER and M. B. HOOKER Kuala Lumpur: MBRAS, 2001. Pp. 81,361. Notes, Bibliography, Index.

We are playing relatives: A survey of Malay writing By HENK MAIER Leiden: KITLV Press, 2004. Pp. viii...

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