Title: The Several worlds of Pearl S. Buck : essays presented at a centennial symposium, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, 26-28 March 1992 /
Authors: Lipscomb, Elizabeth Johnston.; Webb, Frances E.; Conn, Peter J.; Buck, Pearl S. 1892-1973; Randolph-Macon Woman's College.
Publisher: Greenwood Press,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Buck, Pearl S. Criticism and interpretation Congresses.; Women and literature United States History Congresses.; Women and literature China History Congresses.; Americans China History Congresses.; China In literature Congresses.
Contents: Introduction: Rediscovering Pearl S. Buck /James C. Thomson -- Pearl S. Buck and the American Quest for China / James C. Thomson, Jr. -- The Good Earth, Revolution, and the American Raj in China / Charles W. Hayford -- Pearl S. Buck in Search of America / David D. Buck -- Pearl S. Buck and American Women's History / John d'Entremont -- Pearl S. Buck's Reception in China Reconsidered / Liu Haiping -- East/West Ties: Amerasian Children and the Work of the Pearl S. Buck Foundation / Grace C.K. Sum -- Welcome House: A Forty-Year History / Peter Conn -- Pearl S. Buck's Writings on Handicapped Children / Deborah Clement Raessler -- Who's Afraid of Pearl S. Buck? / Jane M. Rabb -- Pearl S. Buck and American Literary Culture / Peter Conn -- Pearl S. Buck's The good Earth: The novel As Epic / Pradyumna S. Chauhan -- Scripting The Good Earth: Versions of the Novel for the Screen / James L. Hoban, Jr.