Book

Malay literature: romance, history, poetry

Printed by J. E. Wallace at the F. M. S. Govt. Press (1)Published In 1924 • Pages: vii, 67

By: Wilkinson, R. J. (Richard James).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is one of a series of three papers on Malay Literature (for folklore, see 9: Winstedt, for proverbs on Malay character and letter-writing, see 10: Wilkinson). The series in which these are included was published by direction of the Government of the Federated Malay States to serve as an introduction to the study of Malaya, especially for foreign civil servants. This paper describes in detail the development of Malay romance, history and poetry and the basis of their popular appeal.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Verbal arts
Mythology
Traditional history
Ethos
Humanistic studies
Semantics
Leisure time activities
Ethics
Behavior toward non-relatives
Sexuality
Writing
Publishing
Political movements
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Malays
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2010
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southeast Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Government Official
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
B. P. Emerson ; 1955
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
No date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1900-1924
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Malaysia
NotesAdditional notes
[by] R. J. Wilkinson
Extracts from this literature are translated and were indexed for category 539
Includes bibliographical references
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Malays (Asian people)