TY  - BOOK
AU  - Snodgrass,Mary Ellen
TI  - Amy Tan: a literary companion 
T2  - McFarland literary companions
SN  - 0786420138 (softcover : alk. paper)
AV  - PS3570.A48 Z885 2004
U1  - 813/.54 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Jefferson, N.C.
PB  - McFarland
KW  - Tan, Amy
KW  - Women and literature
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Chinese American women in literature
KW  - Chinese Americans in literature
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-223) and index; Chronology of Tan's Family History, Life and Works -- Tan's Genealogy -- Amy Tan: A Literary Companion.  Appendix A: Chronology of Historical and Fictional Events in Tan's Works.  Appendix B: Foreign Terms in Tan's Works.  Appendix C: Writing and Research Topics.  Bibliography
N2  - Publisher description:    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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