The Critical Villa: Essays in Literary Criticism by Jose Garcia Villa, Compiled and Edited by JonathFirst anthology of Villas essays written from the 1920s to the 1950s, which created a canon of Philippine fiction and poetryessays counting as among the most significant in Philippine literary criticism in English. Includes the famed annual Villa selection of best short stories and poems, occasional critical essays and letters to the editor, and unpublished pieces. With extensive explanatory and bibliographic notes. 2002 362pp bookpaper paperback