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Responsibility & Commitment
The Poetry of Edwin Thumboo

By Ee T. Hong & Leong L. Geok
May 1997
Singapore University Press
ISBN: 9971-69-204-X
204 p.
$42.50 Paper Original

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In this study, the author examines the changing thematic and stylistic concerns in the poetry of Edwin Thumboo, portrayed not only as an artist and craftsman but also as a commentator and critic of his society. Ee identifies and analyses the factors that have influenced the structure and development of Thumboo's poetry in the context of social and historical change.

This book includes an Appendix of all the poems referred to, including several previously unpublished ones.

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