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Walker, Alice - 1944–, African-American novelist and poet, b. Eatonon, Ga. She brings her travel experience in Africa and memories of the American civil-rights movement to an examination of the experience of African Americans, mainly in the South, and of Africans. Among her works of fiction are the novels Meridian (1976), The Color Purple (1982; Pulitzer Prize), The Temple of My Familiar


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    Alice Walker's The Color Purple (literary criticism) » Read Now

    by Harold Bloom. 240 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    -- 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
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    Critical Essays on Alice Walker (Chap. 6 "Creating Generations: The Relationship between Celie and Shug in Alice Walker's The Color Purple" and Chap. 9 "The Color Purple: An Existential Novel") » Read Now

    by Ikenna Dieke. 226 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    Alice Walker is one of the most influential and controversial figures in twentieth-century American literature. This collection of essays represents a dispassionate scholarly effort to comprehend the essential elements of her prolific imagination, which celebrates women by chronicling their troubled...
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    Race and Domesticity in 'The Color Purple,' in African American Review » Read Now

    by Linda Selzer. 16 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...Race and domesticity in The Color Purple. by Linda Selzer...important juncture in Alice Walkers The Color Purple is reached when Celie first recovers...In short, to many...
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    Feminism and Cultural Studies (Chap. 14 "The Color Purple: Black Women as Cultural Readers") » Read Now

    by Morag Shiach. 604 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    Oxford Readings in Feminism provide accessible, one-volume guides to the very best in contemporary feminist thinking, assessing its impact and importance in key areas of study. Collected together by scholars of outstanding reputation in their field, the articles chosen represent the most important...
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    Teaching American Ethnic Literatures: Nineteen Essays ("A Fairy-Tale Life: The Making of Celie in Alice Walker's The Color Purple" begins on p. 159) » Read Now

    by John R. Maitino, David R. Peck. 350 pgs.

    ...Celie in Alice Walkers The Color Purple" 159 Mexican...Daniel Ross on Alice Walker The Color Purple , and Susan Meisenhelder on...Eyes Were Watching God and The Color...
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    Literature and Film as Modern Mythology (Chap. 6 "A Return to Matriarchy: The Color Purple by Alice Walker") » Read Now

    by William K. Ferrell. 218 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    Novels and films record and codify the cultural experiences of their people. This book explores the relationship between contemporary literature and film of the past fifty years and the ancient myths of Judeo-Christian, Greek, Celtic, and Eastern origin. Following a detailed description and...
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    Women in Literature: Reading through the Lens of Gender ("Paths to Liberation in Alice Walker's The Color Purple (1982)" begins on p. 75) » Read Now

    by Jerilyn Fisher, Ellen S. Silber. 358 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    This unique reference offers alternate approaches to reading traditional literature, as well as suggestions for expanding the canon to include more gender sensitive works. Covering 96 of the most frequently taught works of fiction, essays offer teachers, librarians, and students fresh insights into the female perspective in literature.
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    Contemporary Fiction (Discussion of The Color Purple begins on p. 211) » Read Now

    by Jago Morrison. 262 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    This is the ideal guide for those studying contemporary fiction for the first time. The last twenty-five years have seen an explosion of new developments in the English language novel. Because of its enormous diversity, however, the field of contemporary fiction studies can appear complex and...
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    Alice Walker ("The Color Purple: Revisions and Redefinitions" begins on p. 67) » Read Now

    by Harold Bloom. 238 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    -- Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
    -- Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world -- from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
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    Humor, Subjectivity, Resistance: The Case of Laughter in the Color Purple, in Texas Studies in Literature and Language » Read Now

    by Carole Anne Taylor. 21 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    ...The Case of Laughter in The Color Purple Carole Anne Taylor They crush...literary meaning than does The Color Purple , the locus of ongoing debate about...political world...
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    Reverend Samuel: The Missionary Minister in the Color Purple, in Griot » Read Now

    by Jackie Thomas. 4 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...The Missionary Minister in The Color Purple Jackie Thomas Many Black male...Black male characters in The Color Purple . However, this is a false assumption...Black male...
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    "Preachin' the Blues:" Bessie Smith's Secular Religion and Alice Walker's 'The Color Purple,' in African American Review » Read Now

    by Thomas F. Marvin. 11 pgs.

    ...religion and Alice Walkers The Color Purple. by Thomas F. Marvin...through Alice Walkers novel The Color Purple, bestowing her favors and her scorn...blues singer Shug...
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    African Settings in Contemporary American Novels (Part II "The World according to Walker: The Color Purple, The Temple of My Familiar, and Possessing the Secret of Joy") » Read Now

    by Dave Kuhne. 156 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    British and American novels written before World War II established popular conventions and stereotypes about Africa that have been increasingly challenged by contemporary American novels set in Africa. Kuhne's book argues that these recent American novels with African settings are largely didactic...

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