The Several Worlds of Pearl S. Buck: Essays Presented at a Centennial Symposium, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, 26-28 March 1992
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Publishing Details
The Several Worlds of Pearl S. Buck: Essays Presented at a Centennial Symposium, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, 26-28 March 1992
By (Author) Elizabeth J. Lipscomb
Edited by Frances E. Webb
Edited by Peter Conn
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Praeger Publishers Inc
30th May 1994
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
Gender studies: women and girls
813.52
Physical Properties
Hardback
184
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.
Author Bio
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.
