Amy Tan: A Literary CompanionMcFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 9 thg 9, 2004 - 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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... Precious Auntie , by refusing to interpret for her within the family , LuLing Liu savors a moment of teen spite as she rebels against adult authority . The power game ricochets against her , causing a chain reaction of tragedies- Precious ...
... Precious Auntie destroys her chance for happiness by allowing inti- macies with Liu Hu Sen before their nuptials . The domino effect of a robbery of her wedding train , murder of her father , and death of her fiancé precedes a more damn ...
... Precious Auntie lives in the shadows that occlude her motherhood . The option to end life returns after Precious Auntie foresees LuLing's marriage to Fu Nan , the son of the evil coffin - maker Chang . Precious Auntie's death not only ...
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Acknowledgments | 1 |
Chronology of Tans Family History Life and Works | 7 |
Tans Genealogy | 31 |
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