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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... without permission in writing from the publisher. On the cover: Photograph of Amy Tan by Robert Soothorap; background ©2004 Image Source Manufactured in the United States of America McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Box 6¡¡, ...
... without permission in writing from the publisher. On the cover: Photograph of Amy Tan by Robert Soothorap; background ©2004 Image Source Manufactured in the United States of America McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Box 6¡¡, ...
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... Chronology of Historical and Fictional Events in Tan's Works ¡89 Appendix B: Foreign Terms in Tan's Works 200 Appendix C: Writing and Research Topics 206 Bibliography 2¡3 Index 225 The oppressed without hope are mysteriously quiet.
... Chronology of Historical and Fictional Events in Tan's Works ¡89 Appendix B: Foreign Terms in Tan's Works 200 Appendix C: Writing and Research Topics 206 Bibliography 2¡3 Index 225 The oppressed without hope are mysteriously quiet.
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It equips the reader, feminist, his- torian, student, researcher, teacher, 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 ...
It equips the reader, feminist, his- torian, student, researcher, teacher, 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 ...
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... and Chinese New Year, The Color Purple and “Fish Cheeks,” calligraphy, Maxine Hong Kingston and Michael Dorris, and foot-binding, bride price, and matchmaking. Introduction Amy Tan's writings are a model of the writer's Preface 2.
... and Chinese New Year, The Color Purple and “Fish Cheeks,” calligraphy, Maxine Hong Kingston and Michael Dorris, and foot-binding, bride price, and matchmaking. Introduction Amy Tan's writings are a model of the writer's Preface 2.
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Amy Tan's writings are a model of the writer's truism that the best subject lies close to home. Her domestic scenarios have the ring of authenticity, in part because she draws material from anecdotes and events that impact her own ...
Amy Tan's writings are a model of the writer's truism that the best subject lies close to home. Her domestic scenarios have the ring of authenticity, in part because she draws material from anecdotes and events that impact her own ...
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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 |