The heritage of traditional Malay literature a historical survey of genres, writings and literary views

This book, the first comprehensive survey of traditional Malay literature in English since 1939, embraces more than a millennium of Malay letters from the vague data of the seventh century up to the early beginnings of the modern literatures in the late nineteenth century. The long path trodden by t...

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Main Author: Braginskiĭ, V. I. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden KITLV Press 2004
Series:Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 214
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