The Canon in Southeast Asian Literature
Subtitle: Literatures of Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Phillippines, Thailand and Vietnam (Curzon Soas Books)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: February 3, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780700710904
Subjects: Literary studies: general; Linguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines; Literature - Classics / Criticism; East & Southeast Asian Languages; Language; South East Asia; Ethnic Studies - General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies
First sentence: For many centuries the religious literature of Buddhism had a strong influence upon the architecture, sculpture, mural painting, folklore and written culture in the ancient and medieval kingdoms of Indochina.