Alice Walker
Alice Walker by Maria Lauret, published by Bloomsbury Academic on May 15, 2017, is a comprehensive examination of the works of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker. This second edition spans 304 pages and is presented in English. The book explores the evolution of Walker’s writing over the past forty years, addressing her novels, short stories, essays, and activist writings, while also considering the cultural and political contexts that shape her work.
Readers will find a thorough analysis that includes a new chapter on Walker’s 2004 novel, Now is the Time to Open Your Heart, as well as discussions of her recent non-fiction, such as Overcoming Speechlessness from 2010. The text traces Walker’s literary lineage back to 19th-century black women preachers and activists, assessing her contributions to both literature and activism. This edition serves as a valuable resource for students and scholars interested in understanding Walker’s significant role in 20th-century American literature and her impact on modern literary criticism.
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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.
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