TY  - BOOK
AU  - Perez, Rodolfo C.
TI  - GEMS: readings in Philippine literature 
SN  - 9789719905905
AV  - PL 5532 .P47 2015 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Intramuros, Manila
PB  - Mindshapers Co., Inc., 
KW  - PHILIPPINE LITERARTURE
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Philippine folk literature -- Chapter 2. Short stories -- Chapter 3. Poetry -- Chapter 4. Prose narrative (articles and essays) -- Chapter 5. The novel (excerpts) -- Chapter 6. The drama - Glossary of literary terms -- List of national artists -- References/Bibliograpiya
N2  - "This book commences with old but dearly-loved and fondly-remembered myths, legends and tales from various regions in the archipelago, demonstrating our unique ethnicity. Their diversity does not fail our interest in knowing how each ethnic group views the world around it, how it attempts to explain the creation of its universe, or how it endeavors to account for the existence human beings." -- Foreword
ER  -