Becoming Sui Sin Far : early fiction, journalism, and travel writing by Edith Maude Eaton / edited by Mary Chapman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sui Sin Far, 1865-1914, author.

Contributor:

Chapman, Mary, editor.

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sui Sin Far, 1865-1914--Bibliography.

Sui Sin Far.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (351 pages) : illustrations, portrait

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016.

Summary:

When her 1912 story collection, Mrs. Spring Fragrance, was rescued from obscurity in the 1990s, scholars were quick to celebrate Sui Sin Far as a pioneering chronicler of Asian American Chinatowns. Newly discovered works, however, reveal that Edith Eaton (1865–1914) published on a wide variety of subjects – and under numerous pseudonyms – in Canada and Jamaica for a decade before she began writing Chinatown fiction signed “Sui Sin Far” for US magazines. Born in England to a Chinese mother and a British father, and raised in Montreal, Edith Eaton is a complex transnational writer whose expanded oeuvre demands reconsideration. Becoming Sui Sin Far collects and contextualizes seventy of Eaton’s early works, most of which have not been republished since they first appeared in turn-of-the-century periodicals. These works of fiction and journalism, in diverse styles and from a variety of perspectives, document Eaton’s early career as a short story writer, “stunt-girl” journalist, ethnographer, political commentator, and travel writer. Showcasing her playful humour, savage wit, and deep sympathy, the texts included in this volume assert a significant place for Eaton in North American literary history. Mary Chapman’s introduction provides an insightful and readable overview of Eaton’s transnational career. The volume also includes an expanded bibliography that lists over two hundred and sixty works attributed to Eaton, a detailed biographical timeline, and a newly discovered interview with Eaton from the year in which she first adopted the orientalist pseudonym for which she is best known. Becoming Sui Sin Far significantly expands our understanding of the themes and topics that defined Eaton’s oeuvre and will interest scholars and students of Canadian, American, Asian North American, and ethnic literatures and history.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Early Montreal Fiction, Poetry, and Literary Sketches (1888–1891)

Selected Early Journalism: Montreal (1890–1896)

Selected Early Journalism: Jamaica (1896–1897)

Selected Later Fiction (1896–1906)

Cross-Continental Travel Writing (1904)

Appendices

Unsigned. “A Visit to Chinatown.” New York Recorder, 19 April 1896.

Biographical Timeline for Edith Maude Eaton

Chronological Bibliography of Works by Edith Eaton

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 26, 2016).

ISBN:

9780773599130

0773599134

9780773599123

0773599126

OCLC:

936977918