Anticipating Filipinas reading Bienvenido Lumbera as critic - Lumbera, Bienvenido; Veric, Charlie Samuya (Manila UST Pub. House, 2006)
The rugged terrain of vernacular literature -- Assimilation and synthesis (1700-1800) -- The consolidation of tradition (1800-1882) -- Florante at Laura : the formalization of tradition -- Postscript : poetry and revolution (1882-1898) -- Traditional Philippine performance area and the indigenization of imported theater forms -- Artists and the image of Andres Bonifacio -- The literary work and values education : two texts and contexts -- Towards a revised history of Philippine literature -- The nationalist literary tradition -- The Filipino writer and his audience -- Philippine theater 1972-79 : a chronicle of growth under constraint -- After the yellow year : the literary scene since 21 August 1983 -- Bringing Bulosan home : adapting/translating America is in the heart -- Ermita as nation : reading history with Francisco Sionil Jose -- Literature after Edsa -- Southeast Asian literary traditions and the Philippines.
Keywords: Philippine literature -- History and criticism; Philippine essays (English)