Positioning the new : Chinese American literature and the changing image of the American literary canon / edited by Tanfer Emin Tunc and Elisabetta Marino.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Emin-Tunc, Tanfer.
• Marino, Elisabetta.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• American literature--Chinese American authors--History and criticism.
• American literature--Chinese influences.
• American literature--History and criticism.
• Canon (Literature).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This ground-breaking edited volume includes chapters which explore the past, present and future position of Chinese American authors within the framework of what Bloom identifies as the "Western literary canon." These selections, which simultaneously represent the exciting "transnational turn" in American literary studies, not only examine whether or not Chinese American literature is inside or outside the canon, but also question if there is, or should be, a literary canon at all. Moreover,...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; PART II; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; PART III; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 1-282-77703-3
• 9786612777035
• 1-4438-2547-6

OCLC:

698912395