Foreign Accents
Download or Read eBook Foreign Accents PDF 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.
| Author | : Steven G. Yao |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 337 |
| Release | : 2010-10-27 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780199730339 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0199730334 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Foreign Accents by : Steven G. Yao
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.
