Alice WalkerGathers critical essays representing literary discussions about Alice Walker and her work, including essays on some of her specific works, her achievements in the field of literature, and her treatment of gender, class, and race themes. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Alice Walkers Men | 5 |
All Saints Should Walk Away | 19 |
The Achievement of the Short Fiction | 33 |
Coming to Voice in Alice Walkers Meridian | 51 |
Alice Walkers Redemptive Art | 69 |
Alice Walkers Vision of the South in The Third Life of Grange Copeland | 89 |
In Praise of Maternal Heritage | 101 |
Teaching Alice Walkers Everyday Use Employing Race Class and Gender with an Annotated Bibliography | 155 |
Telling a Critical Story | 169 |
Reanimating the Trope of the Talking Book in Alice Walkers Strong Horse Tea | 187 |
Alice Walker Chronology | 207 |
Contributors | 209 |
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Acknowledgments | 215 |
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Alice Walkers The Temple of My Familiar as Pastiche | 115 |
Art and Mass Media in Alice Walkers Meridian | 133 |
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