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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... reviewer, and librarian with analysis of characters, plots, allusions, literary motifs, and classic themes from the works of one of America's most lauded writers. The text opens with an annotated chronology of the author's life, Chinese ...
... reviewer George Gurley of the Kansas City Star, she divulged the importance of the job to her understanding: “I was meeting with families every day who'd just found out that their child had been diagnosed with a disability. That ...
... Review, Ski, and Threepenny Review. From gradual understanding of honest narrative, Tan gained confidence. She exulted, “I had sort of found my religion” (Gupta, p. E4). Aiding her growth as a writer was the encouragement of Sandra ...
... reviewer Janice Simpson, the novel launched a cultural revolution by introducing readers to ethnic scenarios. A handful of exacting Asian-American critics dismissed the work as dumbed-down Orientalism suited to Caucasian readers. Sau ...
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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 |