Name: In the Mirror. New and Selected Poems of Wong Phui Nam
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Author: Phui Nam Wong;Daryl Lim Wei Jie;Brandon Liew
ISBN: 9789813252868

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In the Mirror. New and Selected Poems of Wong Phui Nam

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Libro Físico

Editorial

NUS Press

Autor

Phui Nam Wong;Daryl Lim Wei Jie;Brandon Liew

Año

2026

N° páginas

358

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Dimensiones

22.90 x 15.20 cm

ISBN13

9789813252868

In the Mirror. New and Selected Poems of Wong Phui Nam

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In a complete collection of works by one of Malaysia’s foundational poets, Wong confronts the struggles of cultural displacement. The poetry of Wong Phui Nam is foundational to Malaysian literature in English. While his early work is often cited in this regard, this edited collection of his poetry and critical essays makes it clear that his lifelong trajectory as a poet and critic is of deep interest. In the Mirror by Wong Phui Nam is a critical exploration of Malaysia's fractured post-colonial identity and literary landscapes. Like many of his English-speaking peers at the University of Malaya, by the 1960s, Wong became disillusioned with the stark contradictions of writing in a colonial language while striving to build or maintain a national literary tradition. In 1969, when Malaysia's national cultural policy firmly emphasized the primacy of the Bahasa Malaysian language over English, Wong proclaimed, "I no longer wanted to write, at least not in a language I was told was a colonial leftover." Over the years, however, he returned to poetry in English, often publishing privately. He came to believe that English was the language “most capable of representing our predicament,” given the spiritual and cultural vacuums left by colonialism's great ruptures in the region, and the ongoing neocolonial structure of the state and economy. His work challenges the reader to confront the realities of cultural displacement and the complexities of a multi-ethnic society grappling with its past and future. This collection includes both recent works as well as some of his earlier achievements, starting with How the Hills are Distant, and also includes a foreword linking Wong's work with contemporary literary work in the region. An afterword by Wong's contemporary, Singaporean literary pioneer Edwin Thumboo, completes the volume.