Hosmer has succeeded in writing a very readable and valuable book, the best book for the general reader, on a subject extremely wearisome if treated in detail.
Of mediocre authors German literature is full, and the memories of students and the general public should not be burdened with their names or characteristics; these can be safely relegated to works not intended for continuous reading--to encyclopedias, dictionaries, and indexes.
Literature during Spanish colonial rule consisted of both religious and secular literature, prevalent during the first two centuries, and a nineteenth century reformist and revolutionary literature that reflected the clamor for change and independence.
Literature reaffirming religious values was dominant, including forms such as the sinakulo, a play on the passion of Christ, the ejemplo, which spoke of saints, and the komedya, which featured battles between Christians and Moors.
Literature from the 1980s and 1990s saw renewed interest in regional language, the publication of anthologies of feminist and gay literature (for example, Filipina I, 1984), and programs geared toward developing writers among peasants and workers in the hope of creating a truly national literature.
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