LEADER 03778nam 2200445 450 001 9910798407203321 005 20230808014301.0 010 $a0-7735-9913-4 010 $a0-7735-9912-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773599123 035 $a(CKB)3710000000776324 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4617164 035 $a(DE-B1597)656112 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773599123 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000776324 100 $a20160826d2016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aBecoming Sui Sin Far $eearly fiction, journalism, and travel writing by Edith Maude Eaton /$fedited by Mary Chapman 210 1$aMontreal :$cMcGill-Queen's University Press,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (351 pages) $cillustrations, portrait 311 $a0-7735-4721-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tEarly Montreal Fiction, Poetry, and Literary Sketches (1888?1891) -- $tSelected Early Journalism: Montreal (1890?1896) -- $tSelected Early Journalism: Jamaica (1896?1897) -- $tSelected Later Fiction (1896?1906) -- $tCross-Continental Travel Writing (1904) -- $tAppendices -- $tUnsigned. ?A Visit to Chinatown.? New York Recorder, 19 April 1896. -- $tBiographical Timeline for Edith Maude Eaton -- $tChronological Bibliography of Works by Edith Eaton -- $tIndex 330 $aWhen her 1912 story collection, Mrs. Spring Fragrance, was rescued from obscurity in the 1990s, scholars were quick to celebrate Sui Sin Far as a pioneering chronicler of Asian American Chinatowns. Newly discovered works, however, reveal that Edith Eaton (1865?1914) published on a wide variety of subjects ? and under numerous pseudonyms ? in Canada and Jamaica for a decade before she began writing Chinatown fiction signed ?Sui Sin Far? for US magazines. Born in England to a Chinese mother and a British father, and raised in Montreal, Edith Eaton is a complex transnational writer whose expanded oeuvre demands reconsideration. Becoming Sui Sin Far collects and contextualizes seventy of Eaton?s early works, most of which have not been republished since they first appeared in turn-of-the-century periodicals. These works of fiction and journalism, in diverse styles and from a variety of perspectives, document Eaton?s early career as a short story writer, ?stunt-girl? journalist, ethnographer, political commentator, and travel writer. Showcasing her playful humour, savage wit, and deep sympathy, the texts included in this volume assert a significant place for Eaton in North American literary history. Mary Chapman?s introduction provides an insightful and readable overview of Eaton?s transnational career. The volume also includes an expanded bibliography that lists over two hundred and sixty works attributed to Eaton, a detailed biographical timeline, and a newly discovered interview with Eaton from the year in which she first adopted the orientalist pseudonym for which she is best known. Becoming Sui Sin Far significantly expands our understanding of the themes and topics that defined Eaton?s oeuvre and will interest scholars and students of Canadian, American, Asian North American, and ethnic literatures and history. 606 $aLITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General$2bisacsh 615 7$aLITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General. 676 $a828 700 $aSui Sin Far$f1865-1914,$01546020 702 $aChapman$b Mary 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798407203321 996 $aBecoming Sui Sin Far$93801302 997 $aUNINA