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The Critical Villa: Essays in Literary Criticism

The Critical Villa: Essays in Literary Criticism

Critical Villa: Essays in Literary Criticism
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This is the first anthology of Villa’s essays written from the 1920s to the 1950s, which created a canon of Philippine fiction and poetry—essays counting as among the most significant in Philippine literary criticism in English.

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Published 2002
Publisher Ateneo de Manila University Press
ISBN 1852934
José García Villa
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José García Villa

José García Villa is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, José García Villa can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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