Alice Walker's Metaphysics: Literature of Spirit


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Drawing on poetry, novels, short stories, children's books, and essays, Nagueyalti Warren explores the spiritual aesthetic that informs Alice Walker's creative output. This book contends that Walker instills metaphysical elements throughout her writing, including the Pulitzer-prize winning novel The Color Purple.

Author: Nagueyalti Warren
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 04/09/2021
Pages: 220
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781538158470
ISBN10: 1538158477
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American | African American & Black
- Literary Criticism | Women Authors
- Literary Criticism | Modern | 20th Century

About the Author
Nagueyalti Warren, PhD, is a professor in the Department of African American Studies at Emory University, where she has taught literature and a seminar on the works of Alice Walker for thirty years. She is the editor of Temba Tupu (Walking Naked): Africana Women's Poetic Self-Portrait (2005) and Critical Insights: Alice Walker (2012). In addition to works of poetry--including Margaret, A Persona Poem (2008)--Warren is the author of W. E. B. Du Bois: Grandfather of Black Studies (2011).

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