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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... Amerasian literature, Amy Tan: A Literary Companion o›ers an introduction and overview. It equips the reader, feminist, his- torian, student, researcher, teacher, reviewer, and librarian with analysis of characters, plots, allusions ...
... -setters who led Chinese women toward equality. Without fear of reprisal from angry Amerasian males, Tan follows her staunchest heroine, Winnie Louie, from teen engagement and dowry arrangements through a hellish Introduction 4.
... Amerasian 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 ...
... Amerasian generation and their immigrant parents. The author described her mother as small, but combative—“just determined as hell” (Somogyi & Stanton, p. 24). Daisy's feisty public behaviors caused Amy to long for a mother “like Donna ...
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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 |