The Collected Poems of Arthur Yap - Softcover

Yap, Arthur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9971696533 ISBN 13: 9789971696535

Publisher: NUS Press, 2013

Synopsis

Arthur Yap published four major collections of poetry: only lines (1971), commonplace (1977), down the line (1980), and man snake apple & other poems (1986); and contributed a section of poetry in the anthology Five Takes (1974). These five publications are now out-of-print. The Collected Poems of Arthur Yap gathers the entire corpus of Arthur Yap's poems, including his “vignettes” and other poems, in a single volume for the first time.

His work is notable for word play, original use of Singlish, and commentary on the values and priorities expressed by ordinary people in everyday situations. To this day, Yap's influence continues to impact the local literary and arts scene.

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About the Author

Arthur Yap Chioh Hiong (1943-2006) was a Singaporean poet and artist. He held an MA from Leeds and a PhD from the National University of Singapore, where he taught in the Department of English Language and Literature from 1979 until 1998. He published a volume of poetry in 1971 under the title Only Lines (Singapore: Federal Publications), and later published three more volumes of poetry (Commonplace, Down the Line, and Man Snake Apple) under the Heinemann imprint. His poetry also appears in a variety of periodicals.

Edition details

• Publisher: NUS Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9971696533
• ISBN 13: 9789971696535
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268