ALICE WALKER'S THE COLOR PURPLE and Other Works: A Critical Commentary. (Monarch notes)
by [Walker, Alice] Christian, Barbara
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very near fine in stapled red and white wrappers (some rubbing to the covers)
- ISBN 10
- 0671648616
- ISBN 13
- 9780671648619
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About This Item
New York:: Monarch Press / Simon & Schuster,, (1987). First edition -. Very near fine in stapled red and white wrappers (some rubbing to the covers) . First printing, a trade paperback original. Looks at Walker's life, and the influences on her work, especially her discovery of the novels of Zora Neale Hurston. While this focuses on Walker's Pulitzer Prize winning The Color Purple, it also discusses her work both before and after its publication. Bibliography, 121 pp.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 79241
- Title
- ALICE WALKER'S THE COLOR PURPLE and Other Works: A Critical Commentary. (Monarch notes)
- Author
- [Walker, Alice] Christian, Barbara
- Format/Binding
- First edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near fine in stapled red and white wrappers (some rubbing to the covers)
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0671648616
- ISBN 13
- 9780671648619
- Publisher
- Monarch Press / Simon & Schuster,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (1987)
- Keywords
- literary criticism, feminist criticism, study guide, women authors,
- Bookseller catalogs
- African American Literature;
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