Alice Walker; a critical companion.0313320241 Alice Walker Noun 1. Alice Walker - United States writer (born in 1944) Alice Malsenior Walker, Walker ; a critical companion. Bates Bates , Katherine Lee 1859-1929. American educator and writer best known for her poem "America the Beautiful," written in 1893 and revised in 1904 and 1911. , Gerri. Greenwood Pr. 2005 220 pages $39.95 Hardcover Critical companions to popular contemporary writers PS3573 Bates (English, Bowie State U.) introduces students and general readers to the work of contemporary African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. novelist Alice Walker. Following a biography of the author, she places Walker's body of work within the context of larger literary movements and also investigates her "womanist wom·an·ist adj. Having or expressing a belief in or respect for women and their talents and abilities beyond the boundaries of race and class: "Womanist ... " theory. Each of the remaining eight chapters provides an in-depth analysis of one of Walker's novels. The volume concludes with an extensive bibliography of works by and about Walker. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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