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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Auntie Du remains in Shanghai to be near Winnie Louie during her fifteen months in women's ... The woman - to - woman spread of hope and uplift epitomizes Tan's optimism and justifies self - liberating trickery among women who have ...
Auntie Du remains in Shanghai to be near Winnie Louie during her fifteen months in women's ... The woman - to - woman spread of hope and uplift epitomizes Tan's optimism and justifies self - liberating trickery among women who have ...
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The present implies Winnie's mother - daughter relationship with the older woman , who deserves the honor . Tan illustrates a sterling trust in Auntie Du after Winnie sends Danru to her in Harbin to protect him from Wen Fu's goons .
The present implies Winnie's mother - daughter relationship with the older woman , who deserves the honor . Tan illustrates a sterling trust in Auntie Du after Winnie sends Danru to her in Harbin to protect him from Wen Fu's goons .
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The feather , for all its delicacy , survives in the woman's keeping until the time is right for mother to tell ... little girl who swells up like a pregnant woman and dies with a white winter melon inside her as a symbol of her greed .
The feather , for all its delicacy , survives in the woman's keeping until the time is right for mother to tell ... little girl who swells up like a pregnant woman and dies with a white winter melon inside her as a symbol of her greed .
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Preface | 1 |
Chronology of Tans Family History Life and Works | 7 |
Tans Genealogy | 31 |
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American Amy Tan's An-mei Asian becomes begins Bishop Bonesetter's Daughter Book California causes Chang characters child China Chinese Christian Clair communication critic Daisy death describes example explains expresses Fall Fate father fear female fiction force Further Reading genealogy ghost girl gives Helen hope Hundred Secret Senses husband illustrates Japanese Jiang Jimmy Jong Joy Luck Club June Kitchen God's Wife Kwan Kwan's learns leaves Lindo lives Luck Club 1989 Luling LuLing's March marriage married memories mother mother-daughter novel offers Olivia parents past Pearl Precious Auntie Press relationship Review Ruth Shanghai share Siamese Cat silence Simon sister social spirit story suffers suicide Suyuan takes turns Waverly Wen Fu Winnie Winnie Louie Winnie's woman women writing Ying-ying York Young