Foreign Accents
Author | : Steven G. Yao |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2010-10-27 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780199730339 |
ISBN-10 | : 0199730334 |
Rating | : 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Foreign Accents by : Steven G. Yao
Download or read book Foreign Accents written by Steven G. Yao and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-10-27 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreign Accents sets forth a historical poetics of verse by writers of Chinese descent in the U.S. from the early twentieth century to the present. With readings of works by Ezra Pound, Li-young Lee, Marilyn Chin, Ha Jin, and John Yau, this study charts the dimensions of Asian American verse as an evolving and contested counterpoetic formation.