Reviews for Twentieth-century Florida authors

The average rating for Twentieth-century Florida authors based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-05-31 00:00:00 CARL JEEMAN Huang examines the ways in which Chinese writing—poetry, to be precise—is treated in American literature. He begins with Pound and discusses how Pound’s reading of Chinese poetry—and Chinese writing, as in the characters—play into both Pound’s efforts to construct a new American poetry and his pre-determined attempts to get at an “essential” Chinese-ness. Huang then traces this trajectory through other Imagist poets as well as the writings of Maxine Hong Kingston and contemporary translations of Chinese poetry. In these last two, he demonstrates that “China” is no more “authentic” for them than it was for Pound; in each case, the material-historical reality of China is replaced with a monolithic and quasi-mythical Idea. His end-game is to re-situate American literature in a trans-Pacific context, in which thematics and cultural signifiers are appropriated and re-appropriated, leading him to three conclusions: 1. That American literature should properly be understood as transnational 2. That American literature should be accepted as multilingual 3. That American literature should be re-conceptualized in terms of trans-Pacific exchange Huang is a convincing, charming, and charitable critic, and for the most part his points land. His insistence on not reading these texts through a pre-determined theoretical lens is refreshing and allows him to both critique writers such as Pound and appreciate these writers’ projects. If his concluding remarks regarding translations seem too much like a sales pitch (he praises Ping Want’s "New Generation," and is clearly working from early drafts of her book), this is a minor enough quibble. He also writes very well. This book is a pleasure to read.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-03-31 00:00:00 Larry Smith The author of this book is/was an MD and Editor-in-Chief of The New England Journal of Medicine. In it he identifies the issues, explains the processes and in the final two pages outlines suggested corrections. He is very precise about how and why these problems occur and why the continue. The most shocking problems was when someone writes and gets published in an accepted journal and the article is negative about a medication or medical apparatus, advertising from the identified company begins ...more The author of this book is/was an MD and Editor-in-Chief of The New England Journal of Medicine. In it he identifies the issues, explains the processes and in the final two pages outlines suggested corrections. He is very precise about how and why these problems occur and why the continue. The most shocking problems was when someone writes and gets published in an accepted journal and the article is negative about a medication or medical apparatus, advertising from the identified company begins to dry up. It seems the medical community wants "happy talk" about their products or they punish the ney sayers. It is a very slow read but worth the information once you push through it.