Guiyou Huang traces the history of Asian American literature
from the end of World War II to the beginning of the twenty-first
century. Huang covers six genres: anthology, autobiography/memoir,
drama, fiction, poetry, and short fiction; reviews major historical
developments and social movements; explains key literary terms; and
offers a narrative, A-to-Z guide of major Asian American writers
and their works, plus their critical reception.
This guide covers Canadian and U.S. authors with cultural and
ethnic origins in East Asia, South Asia, and the Pacific Islands.
It begins with a discussion of works written shortly after World
War II that explore the personal and political impact of the
conflict, such as John Okada's "No-No Boy" and Hisaye Yamamoto's
short fiction. Huang then focuses on the 1980s, when Asian American
literature blossomed into a diverse, heterogeneous field
characterized by a variety of themes, genres, and styles, and
writers with multiple ethnic and cultural backgrounds. He considers
the work of novelists Amy Tan and Maxine Hong Kingston, the poets
Ai and Agha Shahid Ali, and more than 100 additional authors,
including Frank Chin, David Henry Hwang, Jessica Hagedorn, Nora
Okja Keller, Bharati Mukherjee, Gish Jen, Chang-rae Lee, Jhumpa
Lahiri, Chitra Divakaruni, and Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.
Huang points the reader toward further study for individual
authors, and his selected bibliography suggests works of a more
general nature, including literary criticism and histories,
reference works, and collections of essays. Comprehensive though
concise, clearly written but richly detailed, "The Columbia Guide
to Asian American Literature Since 1945" is an invaluable
resource.
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