Liberating Literature re-examines the American Civil Rights movement of the 1960s; socialist women's writing of the 1930s; the emergence of the New Left; and the second wave women's movement and its cultural practices. This historical study of feminist political writing recognizes the profound influence and importance of African-American women's writing. It offers new readings of both familiar and neglected novels within the feminist canon.
Liberating Literature re-examines the American Civil Rights movement of the 1960s; socialist women's writing of the 1930s; the emergence of the New Le...
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,...
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 mos...
