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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... 989 Hughes , Mr. , 625 Hurrell Froude Eneid , " 605 and " A Spiritual ... Luck of Names , 604 Luxury Duty , The , 673 , 796 Luxury or Shoddy ? 603 ... Club , A , 1012 War Mascots , 916 War Memorials , 673 War Shrine in Hyde Park , 916 ...
... Joy Luck Club Joy of Man's Desiring Joy of the Worm .985 King Jesus .986 King Johan . .986 King John .987 • King Lear . .987 The King Must Die Jubiabá . .988 The King of the Golden River • Jubilee Jude the Obscure .989 The King of the ...
... Joy Luck Club . 1028 The Kitchen God's Wife 1028 978 The Hundred Secret Senses . 1030 979 Saving Fish from Drowning ... 989 " Esther " 1041 " Blood - Burning Moon " 1042 990 " Cane , Section 2 " 1043 Kabnis 1044 Ntozake Shange . 993 ...
... 989 Burgoyne , Ltd. ( Easter holidays ) ( Saccharin tablets ) ( Christmas ... Chance , Capt . A. F. ( memorial ) 264 Chance , A. M. ( will ) 301 , ( be- quest ) ... Club 702 , ( new permises ) 763 industry developing many ) 78 , ( Canada ) ...
... 989–90), blocked shots (¡990–9¡, ¡993). ¡984 Johnny Weissmuller, Olympic gold medal swimmer (¡924, ¡928), died at 79 ... club owners acted in collusion against free agents after ¡985 season, ordered them to give seven players another chance ...
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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 |