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"A Half Caste" and Other Writings
University of Illinois Press, 2003 Cloth: 978-0-252-02782-6 | Paper: 978-0-252-07094-5 | eISBN: 978-0-252-09280-0 Library of Congress Classification PR9199.3.W3689A6 2003 Dewey Decimal Classification 813.52
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Born Winnifred Eaton to a British father and Chinese mother, Onoto Watanna was the first novelist of Chinese descent published in the United States. Eaton "became" Watanna to escape Americans' scorn of the Chinese and to capitalize on their fascination with all things Japanese. This volume includes nineteen of Watanna's shorter works, including thirteen short stories and six essays. "A Half Caste," the earliest essay, appeared in 1898, a year before Miss Numé: A Japanese-American Romance, the first of her bestselling novels. The last short story, “Elspeth,” appeared in 1923. Some of Watanna’s fictional characters will remind readers of the delicate but tragic Madame Butterfly, while others foreshadow types like the trickster in Maxine Hong Kingston’s Tripmaster Monkey (where Watanna makes a cameo appearance). Throughout, Watanna tells stories of people very much like herself—capable, clever, and endlessly inventive. See other books on: Asian American | Asian Americans | Eurasians | Other Writings | Short Stories (single author) See other titles from University of Illinois Press |
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"A Half Caste" and Other Writings
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
University of Illinois Press, 2003
Cloth: 978-0-252-02782-6
Paper: 978-0-252-07094-5
eISBN: 978-0-252-09280-0
Cloth: 978-0-252-02782-6
Paper: 978-0-252-07094-5
eISBN: 978-0-252-09280-0
Born Winnifred Eaton to a British father and Chinese mother, Onoto Watanna was the first novelist of Chinese descent published in the United States. Eaton "became" Watanna to escape Americans' scorn of the Chinese and to capitalize on their fascination with all things Japanese.
This volume includes nineteen of Watanna's shorter works, including thirteen short stories and six essays. "A Half Caste," the earliest essay, appeared in 1898, a year before Miss Numé: A Japanese-American Romance, the first of her bestselling novels. The last short story, “Elspeth,” appeared in 1923. Some of Watanna’s fictional characters will remind readers of the delicate but tragic Madame Butterfly, while others foreshadow types like the trickster in Maxine Hong Kingston’s Tripmaster Monkey (where Watanna makes a cameo appearance). Throughout, Watanna tells stories of people very much like herself—capable, clever, and endlessly inventive.
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
