The Several Worlds of Pearl S. Buck
Essays Presented at a Centennial Symposium, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, 26-28 March 1992
Published on 30. May 1994
Book
Hardback
184 pages
978-0-313-29152-4 (ISBN)
Description
Pearl Buck made important contributions as a humanitarian and an advocate of racial equality and women's rights. She did much to change American attitudes toward persons with mental retardation and toward mixed-race children. She was a major force in shaping American views of Asia, particularly China, during the 1930s and 1940s. Until 1993, she was first American woman to win both the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature. The 13 essays in this book, the first such collection on Buck to be published in the United States, view her from historical, humanitarian, and literary perspectives.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
446 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-29152-4 (9780313291524)
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Persons
ELIZABETH J. LIPSCOMB is Professor of English at Randolph-Macon Woman's College.
FRANCES E. WEBB is Reference Librarian at Randolph-Macon Woman's College.
PETER CONN is Professor of English and Chair of the Graduate Group in American Civilization at the University of Pennsylvania.
FRANCES E. WEBB is Reference Librarian at Randolph-Macon Woman's College.
PETER CONN is Professor of English and Chair of the Graduate Group in American Civilization at the University of Pennsylvania.
Content
Illustrations Preface Introduction: Rediscovering Pearl S. Buck by Peter Conn Keynote Adress: Pearl S. Buck and the American Quest for China by James C. Thomson, Jr. Historical Perspectives The Good Earth, Revolution, and the American Raj in China by Charles W. Hayford Pearl S. Buck in Search of America by David D. Buck Pearl S. Buck and American Women's History by John d'Entremont Pearl S. Buck's Reception in China Reconsidered by Liu Haiping Humanitarian Perspectives East/West Ties: Amerasian Children and the Work of the Pearl S. Buck Foundation by Grace C.K. Sum Welcome House: A Forty-Year History by Peter Conn Buck's Writings on Handicapped Children by Deborah Clement Raessler Literary Perspectives Who's Afraid of Pearl S. Buck? by Jane M. Rabb Pearl S. Buck and American Literary Culture by Peter Conn Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth: The Novel as Epic by Pradyumna S. Chauhan Scripting The Good Earth: Versions of the Novel for the Screen by James L. Hoban, Jr. Selected Bibliography Index Illustrations Nobel Prize Portrait Senior College Portrait Commemorative Stamp White House Gala With Amerasian Children At Her Desk MGM's The Good Earth