Research Catalog

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

• Tan, Amy > Criticism and interpretation
• Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century
• Chinese American women in literature
• Chinese Americans in literature

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