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Red Globe Press Alice Walker

Name: Alice Walker
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Product Description Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Color Purple', is one of America's major and most prolific writers. She is also among its most controversial. How has Walker's work developed over the last forty years? Why has it often provoked extreme reactions? Does Walker's cultural, political and spiritual activism enhance or distort her fiction? Where does she belong in the evolving tradition of African American literature?'Alice Walker, second edition':* examines the full range of Walker's prose writings: her novels, short stories, essays, activist writings, speeches and memoirs* has been thoroughly revised in the light of the latest scholarship and critical developments* brings coverage of Walker's work right up to date with a new chapter on 'Now is the Time to Open Your Heart' (2004), and discussion of her recent non-fictional writing, including 'Overcoming Speechlessness' (2010)* traces Walker's lineage back to nineteenth-century visionary black women preachers and activists* assesses Walkers prose oeuvre both in terms of its literary and its activist merits and shortcomings.Ideal for students and scholars alike, this established text remains an essential guide to the work of a key US author as it explains her unique place in contemporary American letters. Book Description An established introduction to the work of a key American writer which has now been revised and updated in the light of Walker's recent writings and the latest scholarship From the Back Cover Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Color Purple', is one of America's major and most prolific writers. She is also among its most controversial. How has Walker's work developed over the last forty years? Why has it often provoked extreme reactions? Does Walker's cultural, political and spiritual activism enhance or distort her fiction? Where does she belong in the evolving tradition of African American literature?'Alice Walker, second edition':* examines the full range of Walker's prose writings: her novels, short stories, essays, activist writings, speeches and memoirs* has been thoroughly revised in the light of the latest scholarship and critical developments* brings coverage of Walker's work right up to date with a new chapter on 'Now is the Time to Open Your Heart' (2004), and discussion of her recent non-fictional writing, including 'Overcoming Speechlessness' (2010)* traces Walker's lineage back to nineteenth-century visionary black women preachers and activists * assesses Walkers prose oeuvre both in terms of its literary and its activist merits and shortcomings.Ideal for students and scholars alike, this established text remains an essential guide to the work of a key US author as it explains her unique place in contemporary American letters. About the Author MARIA LAURET is Reader in American Studies at the University of Sussex, UK.

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Brand: Red Globe Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0230575889
Category: Books > Subjects > Poetry, Drama & Criticism > History & Criticism > Literary Theory & Movements
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 01 February 2011
Listed Since: 03 June 2010

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