Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, ""The Color Purple"" is the story of Celie, a poor, black woman who overcomes a life of abuse due to the support of the females in her life. Walker, an advocate for African-American feminism, created a novel with a strong community of black women that has resonated with readers of both genders and all backgrounds. This completely updated edition offers a fresh compilation of important current criticism on the unforgettable characters and powerful themes in Walker's classic work. ...
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Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, ""The Color Purple"" is the story of Celie, a poor, black woman who overcomes a life of abuse due to the support of the females in her life. Walker, an advocate for African-American feminism, created a novel with a strong community of black women that has resonated with readers of both genders and all backgrounds. This completely updated edition offers a fresh compilation of important current criticism on the unforgettable characters and powerful themes in Walker's classic work. Alice Walker's ""The Color Purple, New Edition"" also features a chronology of the author's life and notes on the contributors, making it a great choice for libraries looking to enhance their collection of thoughtful and accessible literary criticism.
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Good in very good dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. Some underlining/ink marks to a number of pages toward the back noted. vii, [1], 251 p. Chronology. Contributors. Bibliography. Index. This is one of Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations. Dr. Bloom is the Sterling Professor of the Humanities of Yale University. Presents the most important 20th-century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature--The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism--Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index.
