Evans returns to place the book in an appropriate cultural and historical context-looking specifically at the four decades following World War II. Camille-Yvette Welsch begins by surveying the critical reception of Tan's works, particularly Joy Luck. The volume opens with Evans' introduction in which he emphasizes the artistic excellence of Tan's text, as well as a brief biography of her life and responses to the book from The Paris Review.Ĭritical Contexts section of this volume presents four original survey essays that provide the reader with a useful framework for studying Tan's novel. Essays also examine traditional Chinese beliefs in the novel, compare Joy Luck to other novels. It considers the structure, narration, style, and themes of Joy Luck, comparing them with Michael Cunningham's The Hours. This volume presents an array of scholarship on a novel that is quickly becoming a modern classic, Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club.
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