Asian American Poets A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook

Name: Asian American Poets A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook
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ISBN: 9780313318092

ISBN-10: 0313318093

ISBN-13: 9780313318092

Edition: 2002

Authors: Guiyou Huang

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Even though Asian American literature is enjoying an impressive critical popularity, attention has focused primarily on longer narrative forms such as the novel. And despite the proliferation of a large number of poets of Asian descent in the 20th century, Asian American poetry remains a neglected area of study. Poetry as an elite genre has not reached the level of popularity of the novel or short story, partly due to the difficulties of reading and interpreting poetic texts. The lack of criticism on Asian American poetry speaks to the urgent need for scholarship in this area, since perhaps more than any other genre, poetry most forcefully captures the intense feelings and emotions that…

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List price: $83.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 5/30/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Guiyou Huang is professor of English and dean of undergraduate studies and programs at St. Thomas University, Miami, Florida. He is the author of numerous books, including Whitmanism, Imagism, and Modernism in China and America.



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Makers of the Asian American Poetic Landscape



Ai (1947- )



Meena Alexander (1951- )



Agha Shahid Ali (1949-2001)



Himani Bannerji (1942- )



Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge (1947- )



Virginia R. Cerenio (1955- )



G.S. Sharat Chandra (1938-2000)



Diana Chang (1934- )



Marilyn Mei Ling Chin (1955- )



Eric Chock (1950- )



Rienzi Crusz (1925- )



Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (1956- )



Jessica Hagedorn (1949- )



Kimiko Hahn (1955- )



Yukihide Maeshima Hartman (1939- )



Sadakichi Hartmann (1867-1944)



Garrett Hongo (1951- )



Lawson Fusao Inada (1938- )



Lonny Kaneko (1939- )



Myung Mi Kim (1957- )



Juliet Sanae Kono (1943- )



Lydia Kwa (1959- )



Alan Chong Lau (1948- )



Carolyn Lau (1946- )



Evelyn Lau (1971- )



Le Thi Diem Thuy (1972- )



Li-Young Lee (1957- )



Shirley Geok-Lin Lim (1944- )



Fatima Lim-Wilson (1961- )



Wing Tek Lum (1946- )



Pat Matsueda (1952- )



Janice Mirikitani (1941- )



David Mura (1952- )



Tran Thi Nga (1927- )



Yone Noguchi (1875-1947)



Uma Parameswaran (1938- )



Albert Saijo (1926- )



Cathy Song (1955- )



Toyo Suyemoto (1916- )



Arthur Sze (1950- )



Jose Garcia Villa (1908-1997)



Nanying Stella Wong (1914- )



Nellie Wong (1934- )



Rita Wong (1968- )



Merle Woo (1941- )



Mitsuye (May) Yamada (1923- )



Lois-Ann Yamanaka (1961- )



John Yau (1950- )



Selected Bibliography


Index


About the Editor and Contributors