“We are all exiles” : exile and place in the poetry of Ee Tiang Hong, Wong Phui Nam and Shirley Geok-lin Lim

• Main Author: Cheng, Boey Kim
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Humanities::Literature; Malaysian Poetry; Pioneer Generation
• Online Access: https://journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic/index.php/AJELL/article/view/1326; https://hdl.handle.net/10356/141898
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Exile is a dominant theme and trope in the poetry of the pioneer generation of Anglophone Malaysian poets Ee Tiang Hong, Wong Phui Nam and Shirley Geok-lin Lim. This essay traces the roots of exile in these three poets, exploring how the sense of displacement from cultural and political Malay hegemo...