A Child of Sorrow
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A Child of Sorrow is a 1921 novel by Zoilo Galang. It is considered the first Philippine novel written in the English language
. Critics have suggested that the novel was heavily influenced by the sentimentalism
of the Tagalog prose narratives of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. Critics have suggested that the novel was heavily influenced by the sentimentalism
Sentimentalism (literature)
Sentimentalism , as a literary and political discourse, has occurred much in the literary traditions of all regions in the world, and is central to the traditions of Indian literature, Chinese literature, and Vietnamese literature...
of the Tagalog prose narratives of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.