Yuet May CHING – Department of English, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

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Yuet May CHING

Yuet May CHING

B.A. (CUHK), M.A., Ph.D. (Michigan)

Research Interests

Publications

Books / Monographs Authored

2007	A heap of nameless fragments: Sacrifice, Cannibalism, and Fragmentation in The Secret Agent: Centennial Essays. Eds. Allan Simmons and J.H. Stape. Amsterdam/New York, Rodopi Press, 2007.
2003	'A symbol of longevity': Resistance and Rebirth in Yeats and Two Hong Kong Poets in Anglophone Cultures in Southeast Asia: Appropriations, Continuities, Contexts. Eds. Ahrens, Parker, Stierstorfer and Tam.Heidelberg: University of Heidelberg Press, 2003.
2000	The Idle Chalice: Sacrifice as an Everyday Ritual in Joyce’s Dubliners in Q/W/E/R/T/Y, pp. 79-83. France. 2000.
1995	From Priest to Victim: Sacrifice in Allen Upward and Ezra Pound, in Paideuma 24.1 (1995): 53-69.
1991-1992	'O ribald company': Reflections on Ezra Pound's Reflections, in Proceedings of the Sixth Quadrennial International Comparative Literature Conference. Tamkang Review 22.1-4 (1991-92): 107-123.

Conference Papers

2013	Secret Sharers? The Chinese as the Racial Other in Victory. The 39th Annual Conference of the Joseph Conrad Society (UK). Rome. 10-13 July 2013.
2011	Compassionate Ethics and Narratology in Conrad's Fiction. The 37th Annual Conference of the Joseph Conrad Society (UK). London. 7-9 July 2011.
2009	Sacrifice and Compassion in Almayer's Folly, Chance and Victory. The 35th Annual Conference of the Joseph Conrad Societey (UK). London. 2-4 July 2009.
2007	The Prism and Misprision of Memory: A Critique of Two Memoirs. Stories of Empire: Narratological Directions in Postcolonial Theory and Practice. Verein der Freundinnen des Instituts für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, University of Vienna. 13-15 September 2007.
2005	Food Culture: A Hong Kong Story. Eleventh Annual Conference of the Association of American Literary Scholars and Critics. Cambridge MA. 4-6 Nov 2005.
2002	The March Hare and the Saffron Monkey: Variations on the Theme of Sacrifice in Eliot’s Poetry and Plays. The 23rd Annual Meeting of the T S Eliot Society. St. Louis, Missouri
1994	Literature and Death: Sacrifice in the Life and Works of Allen Upward. Special Session on "Literature and Life: Fact and Fiction," Annual College English Association Meeting. Orlando, Florida. 7-9 April 1994.

Others

Digital Production
2017	A Grain of Sand: Poems from Hong Kong. http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/collection/grainofsand This is a video production showing four poets reading from their poetry. A shorter version is available on Youtube at https://youtu.be/5c7kPgjapnk.