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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... marriages, marital rape, and the foot-binding of little girls. Valor and pride flourish in Tan's female characters. The laundress Nunumu rescues her friend Nelly Banner from slaughter. Sister Yu champions 3 Introduction.
... sister. Rose Hsu Jordan battles post-separation despair by defying her manipulative husband and rejecting his bribe. During wartime occupation, San Ma and Wu Ma cast o› subservience by rescuing Jiang Sao-Yen from penury, illness, and ...
... sister. Gan, a young pilot, o›ers Winnie Louie a male-female friendship that boosts her morale at a low point in her marriage. Photographer Simon Bishop agrees to a journey to China with his estranged wife to further their career and ...
... sister another chance at domestic happiness. Fans greet Tan at booksignings and campus lectures with thanks for her sincerity. Awards and photo ops picture her as a rising star whose light springs from inner truth. Chronology of Tan's ...
... sisters, whom the family had not seen in forty-five years. The intimacy of a first meeting with the Chinese side of the family reminded the author of how much the sisters owed to Daisy—her gestures, expressions, and sense of humor. The ...
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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 |