{"product_id":"alice-walker-paperback","title":"Alice Walker - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaria Lauret\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice 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? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Alice Walker, second edition': \u003cbr\u003e* examines the full range of Walker's prose writings: her novels, short stories, essays, activist writings, speeches and memoirs\u003cbr\u003e* has been thoroughly revised in the light of the latest scholarship and critical developments\u003cbr\u003e* 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)\u003cbr\u003e* traces Walker's lineage back to nineteenth-century visionary black women preachers and activists\u003cbr\u003e* assesses Walkers prose oeuvre both in terms of its literary and its activist merits and shortcomings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIdeal 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.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice 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? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Alice Walker, second edition': \u003cbr\u003e* examines the full range of Walker's prose writings: her novels, short stories, essays, activist writings, speeches and memoirs\u003cbr\u003e* has been thoroughly revised in the light of the latest scholarship and critical developments\u003cbr\u003e* 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)\u003cbr\u003e* traces Walker's lineage back to nineteenth-century visionary black women preachers and activists \u003cbr\u003e* assesses Walkers prose oeuvre both in terms of its literary and its activist merits and shortcomings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIdeal 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARIA LAURET is Reader in American Studies at the University of Sussex, UK, where she teaches American literature.\u003cbr\u003eMARIA LAURET is Reader in American Studies at the University of Sussex, UK, where she teaches American literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47412347994361,"sku":"9780230575899","price":77.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/vvgiw4b0f69780230575899.webp?v=1770840149","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/alice-walker-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}