Amy Tan: A Literary CompanionMcFarland, 24 thg 1, 2015 - 240 trang In the mid-1980s, Amy Tan was a successful but unhappy corporate speechwriter. By the end of the decade, she was perched firmly atop the best-seller lists with The Joy Luck Club, with more popular novels to follow. Tan's work--once pigeonholed as ethnic literature--resonates with universal themes that cross cultural and ideological boundaries, and prove wildly successful with readers of all stripes. Tender, sincere, complex, honest and uncompromising in its portrayal of Chinese culture and its affect on women, Amy Tan's work earned her both praise and excoriation from critics, adoration from fans, and a place as one of America's most notable modern writers. This reference work introduces and summarizes Amy Tan's life, her body of literature, and her characters. The main text is comprised of entries covering characters, dates, historical figures and events, allusions, motifs and themes from her works. The entries combine critical insights with generous citations from primary and secondary sources. Each entry concludes with a selected bibliography. There is also a chronology of Tan's family history and her life. Appendices provide an overlapping timeline of historical and fictional events in Tan's work; a glossary of foreign terms found in her writing; and a list of related writing and research topics. An extensive bibliography and a comprehensive index accompany the text. |
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... Precious Auntie, Lao Lu and Buncake, Hakka, multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease, Taoism, Amitaba and Buddha, God Worshippers, Boxer Rebellion and Sino-Japanese War, Sung dynasty and Ching dynasty, Chiang Kai-shek and Claire ...
... Precious Auntie, and meddling in Kwan Li. Eluding the tyranny of political correctness, Tan's characters abide by idiosyncratic principles. Old Aunt teaches female compliance and obedience to her motherless niece. Big Ma turns foster ...
... Precious Auntie, by having a biographical manuscript translated from Chinese into English. Auntie Du remains in Shanghai to be near Winnie Louie during her fifteen months in women's prison while Winnie turns incarceration into a chance ...
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Tans Genealogy | 31 |
A Literary Companion | 33 |
Chronology of Historical and Fictional Events in Tans Works | 189 |
Foreign Terms in Tans Works | 200 |
Writing and Research Topics | 206 |
Bibliography | 213 |
Index | 225 |