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After the Leaving... single work   poetry   "There are two countries here:"
Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 After the Leaving...
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Notes:
Dedication: for Ee Tiang Hong

Works about this Work

Edwin Thumboo - The Poet as Traveller Bruce Bennett , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: Interlogue : Studies in Singapore Literature. Volume 2. : Poetry 1999; (p. 77-83) Homing In : Essays on Australian Literature and Selfhood 2006; (p. 123-130; notes 270)
Examines Thumboo's experiences as an 'internationalist' Singaporean travelling within Africa, Australia, Asia and the Pacific and the impact of these travels on his poetry. Particular attention is drawn to Thumboo's naming of personal friends and acquaintances in his poems and of the link between relationships and a sense of place.
Edwin Thumboo - The Poet as Traveller Bruce Bennett , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: Interlogue : Studies in Singapore Literature. Volume 2. : Poetry 1999; (p. 77-83) Homing In : Essays on Australian Literature and Selfhood 2006; (p. 123-130; notes 270)
Examines Thumboo's experiences as an 'internationalist' Singaporean travelling within Africa, Australia, Asia and the Pacific and the impact of these travels on his poetry. Particular attention is drawn to Thumboo's naming of personal friends and acquaintances in his poems and of the link between relationships and a sense of place.
Last amended 3 Jul 2002 14:43:57
Subjects:
  • Perth, Western Australia,
  • Melaka,
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    Malaysia,
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    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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