kingston, maxine hong

Profiles the life and accomplishments of the Chinese-American author of "The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts.".

Literary Masters is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Masterpieces and Literary Topics). Each Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author and covers basic biographical information. Maxine Hong Kingston, a Chinese-American who has lived in California and Hawaii, published her first book in 1976, using her culture and family history as background. She has a daily habit of writing down her thoughts and ideas and does not depend on research to generate materials for her writing except for confirmation of details relating to the historical periods she uses. She is know for her representation of feelings, emotions and relations among her characters.

A critical and biographical analysis of the writings of Maxine Hong Kingston that thematically addresses her writing and political views.

A memoir of the American-born daughter of Chinese immigrants who lived within the traditions and fears of the Chinese past as well as the realities of the alien modern American culture.

Maxine Hong Kingston explains how she struggled to rebuild her life after all her earthly possessions burned in a house fire and how she realized her own loss helped her realize what it would be like to fight in a war, leading her to reach out to veterans of war and share her views as a lover a peace.