Amy Tan: A Literary CompanionIn 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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... engaging images of strong girls and women. The self-liberation of Daisy Tan impressed the author with the instinctive growth of feminism from centuries of feudal repression. Without politically correct cant or subtextual intent, ...
... engaging images of strong girls and women. The self-liberation of Daisy Tan impressed the author with the instinctive growth of feminism from centuries of feudal repression. Without politically correct cant or subtextual intent, ...
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He retaliated by refusing her visitation rights with the girls. The Shanghai tabloids ballyhooed the events of her twelve-year marriage to Wang, who had her apprehended by the police and put on trial. Daisy served a prison sentence for ...
He retaliated by refusing her visitation rights with the girls. The Shanghai tabloids ballyhooed the events of her twelve-year marriage to Wang, who had her apprehended by the police and put on trial. Daisy served a prison sentence for ...
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On a more practical level, Daisy also considered sending Amy to a Taiwanese school for wayward girls. Meanwhile, Amy sought counsel from the family minister, who tickled, then sexually abused her. On her family's su›erings, ...
On a more practical level, Daisy also considered sending Amy to a Taiwanese school for wayward girls. Meanwhile, Amy sought counsel from the family minister, who tickled, then sexually abused her. On her family's su›erings, ...
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... who referred to the novel as a “story of how women's lives flow through each other— whether mothers and daughters, friends and relatives, rich girls and beggar girls, or sisters across oceans and continent” (Kim, p. 83).
... who referred to the novel as a “story of how women's lives flow through each other— whether mothers and daughters, friends and relatives, rich girls and beggar girls, or sisters across oceans and continent” (Kim, p. 83).
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They performed “Chain of Fools,” “Gloria,” “Leader of the Pack,” “Louie Louie,” “Material Girl,” “Money,” “Nadine,” “Teen Angel,” and “These Boots Are Made for Walkin',” Tan's signature song. To get the most from Nancy Sinatra's hit, ...
They performed “Chain of Fools,” “Gloria,” “Leader of the Pack,” “Louie Louie,” “Material Girl,” “Money,” “Nadine,” “Teen Angel,” and “These Boots Are Made for Walkin',” Tan's signature song. To get the most from Nancy Sinatra's hit, ...
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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 |
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| Tiêu đề | Amy Tan: A Literary Companion Tập 3 trong tổng số McFarland Literary Companions |
| Tác giả | Mary Ellen Snodgrass |
| Ấn bản | có minh hoạ |
| Nhà xuất bản | McFarland, 2015 |
| ISBN | 1476602603, 9781476602608 |
| Độ dài | 240 trang |
| Xuất lời trích dẫn | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |