"Hufana in Excelsis": Dredging for Poetic Nuggets

Author(s)

Lynn M. Grow, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Publication Title

Philippine Studies

ISSN

2244-1093

Publication Date

Spring 2002

Abstract

Excerpt

Alfredo O. Cuenca, Jr. has managed, by dint of two titles for the same book review - "Hufana in Excelsis" and "Alex in Wonderland" - to encompass the differing critical reactions to the literary works of Alejandrino G. Hufana.¹ Amongst Hufana's admirers are Francisco Arcellana; The Committee on the Humanities, University of the East; Florentino Dauz; and Guillermo C. De Vega.² But more numerous and generally more vehement are his detractors, including Joseph A. Galdon, S.J.; Teofilo Del Castillo Y. Tuazon and Buenventura S. Medina, Jr.; Ricaredo Demetillo; Esperanza V. Manuel and Resil B. Mojares; Sister Marie-Laurentina; and possibly Leo Cullum.³

Volume

50

Issue

2

NSUWorks Citation

Grow, L. M. (2002). "Hufana in Excelsis": Dredging for Poetic Nuggets. Philippine Studies, 50 (2) Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/shss_facarticles/118