Literature and Politics: The Colonial Experience in Nine Philippine Novels

Contents:

1. IN THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS AND THE SWORD: THE SPANISH REGIME, 1565-1898

Noli Me Tangere: A Balancing Act
The Three-Cornered Sun: Portraits of the Revolutionary
Po-on: From Darkness to Darkness

2. THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD: THE AMERICAN PERIOD, 1899-1946

The Filipino Rebel: A Fugitive Vision
His Native Soil: The De- Americanization of Martin Romero
The Man Who (Thought He) Looked Like Robert Taylor: Requiem for an Old-Timer

3. HOUR OF THE RISING SUN: THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION, 1941-1945

Without Seeing the Dawn: Apocalypse in the Garden
More Than Conquerors: The Politics of Torture
But for the Lovers: Night Without Gods

Published in 1993 by New Day Publishers

183 pages / Paperback