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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... caused constant clashes , particularly her insistence that Amy was unattractive . Education in history classes that excluded the Chinese role in World War II increased the distance that grew between Amy's Amerasian generation and their ...
... caused convulsions by rats | pathologist speech therapist | b . 1947 ; | m . 1975 in San Jose | Tessa b . 1982 Cleo b . 1987 Samuel b . 1952 ; a benefits ... causes her to compare Gan to Wen Fu and wish that her husband was less love 106.
... causes Suyuan to brag about daughter June Woo's natural talent for music , which Suyuan fabricates . The one - upmanship is detrimental to the girls ' relationship and gener- ates unnecessary competition that extends into their ...
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Acknowledgments | 1 |
Chronology of Tans Family History Life and Works | 7 |
Tans Genealogy | 31 |
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