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Amy Tan : a literary companion / Mary Ellen Snodgrass.
- Title
- Amy Tan : a literary companion / Mary Ellen Snodgrass.
- Author
- Snodgrass, Mary Ellen
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2004.
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- Description
- vii, 232 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
- Summary
- This volume offers an introduction to and an overview of author Amy Tan's life, her body of literature, and her characters, motifs and themes. The main text is comprised of entries covering characters, dates, historical figures and events, allusions, motifs and themes from Tan's works, among other topics. The entries combine both 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.
- Series Statement
- McFarland literary companions ; 3
- Uniform Title
- McFarland literary companions ; 3.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History
- Wörterbuch.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-223) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Chronology of Tan's family history, life and works -- Tan's genealogy -- Amy Tan : a literary companion -- App. A. Chronology of historical and fictional events in Tan's works -- App. B. Foreign terms in Tan's works. App. C. Writing and research topics.
- ISBN
- 0786420138 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2004014713
- OCLC
- 55940497
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library