Transpacific Imaginations History, Literature, Counterpoetics |
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| Author:
| Huang, Yunte |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-02637-7 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2008 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $52.00 |
Book Description:
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This study of how American literature is enmeshed with literatures of Asia begins with Western encounters with the Pacific in such titles as Moby Dick. Huang then turns to Asian American encounters with the Pacific, concentrating on the "Angel Island" poems and works by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Lawson Fusao Inada, and Araki Yasusada.
This study of how American literature is enmeshed with literatures of Asia begins with Western encounters with the Pacific in such titles as Moby Dick. Huang then turns to Asian American encounters with the Pacific, concentrating on the "Angel Island" poems and works by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Lawson Fusao Inada, and Araki Yasusada.