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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... she opened the door of the car and threatened to jump out” (Singh Gee, p. 85). Daisy kept the family in constant suspense and demanded frequent moves to new quarters to escape disruptive spirits. The nomadic shifts placed Chronology 8.
A Literary Companion Mary Ellen Snodgrass. new quarters to escape disruptive spirits. The nomadic shifts placed Amy in ... spirit world from age three. Daisy regretted not having the powers of otherworldly communication, but insisted that ...
... spirits of her son, husband, mother, and grandmother. Amy recalled in an interview over National Public Radio: “She exhorted the doctors to try new chemotherapies and she spoke in tongues, went to religious groups. She hired geomancers ...
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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 |