Download or read book Alice Walker s Womanist Fiction written by Iman Hami and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2023-04-26 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A theory formulated by Alice Walker, womanism focuses on the unification of men and women with Nature and Earth. This book explores womanism with regards to its specific concerns with African American women’s rights, identities, and self-actualisation, and points towards its more overarching concerns with human relations and sexual freedom, as expressed in each of Walker’s seven novels. Although Walker introduced the term “womanism” in 1983, this book traces the development of the concept across her canon of fictional works. By analysing the novels written in the 1970s, this book establishes how the term came to be coined, and demonstrates how womanism went on to be further developed and complexly wrought throughout Walker’s literary career.

Download or read book Walker s Father written by Clarke, Lynn and published by Anaphora Literary Press. This book was released on 2015-03-12 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story begins five years after Evidence and Judgment ends. Jane Sidley, now Kaminski, struggles to cope with her husband Ansel’s disappearance into booze and depression, when he literally vanishes after a flight from Heathrow. A father-in-law with a suspicious past, an old flame, Roy, who wants to replace Ansel as Jane’s lover and the father of their five year old son, Walker, and an aging but still handsome private eye who falls into bed with Jane’s college age babysitter round out a strong cast of unreliable characters. As the search for Ansel draws Jane into danger, she reflects on the meaning of marriage to a loving, creative man whose addictions mean he was never fully present, and may never be, even if she can find him.

Download or read book Johnson and Walker s Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language written by Samuel Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 1124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sense and Sensitivity written by David I. Beaver and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-01-30 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sense and Sensitivity advances a novel research proposal in the nascent field of formal pragmatics, exploring in detail the semantics and pragmatics of focus in natural language discourse. The authors develop a new account of focus sensitivity, and show that what has hitherto been regarded as a uniform phenomenon in fact results from three different mechanisms. The book Makes a major contribution to ongoing research in the area of focus sensitivity – a field exploring interactions between sound and meaning, specifically the dependency some words have on the effects of focus, such as "she only LIKES me" (i.e. nothing deeper) compared to "she only likes ME" (i.e. nobody else) Discusses the features of the QFC theory (Quasi association, Free association, and Conventional association), a new account of focus implying a tripartite typology of focus-sensitive expressions Presents novel cross-linguistic data on focus and focus sensitivity that will be relevant across a range of linguistic sub-fields: semantics and pragmatics, syntax, and intonational phonology Concludes with a case study of exclusives (like “only”), arguing that the entire existing literature has missed crucial generalizations, and for the first time explaining the focus sensitivity of these expressions in terms of their meaning and discourse function

Download or read book Walker s Hibernian Magazine Or Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge written by and published by . This book was released on 1811 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Alice Walker written by Maria Lauret and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, speeches and memoirs * has been thoroughly revised in the light of the latest scholarship and critical developments * brings coverage of Walker's work right up to date with a new chapter on 'Now is the Time to Open Your Heart' (2004), and discussion of her recent non-fictional writing, including 'Overcoming Speechlessness' (2010) * traces Walker's lineage back to nineteenth-century visionary black women preachers and activists * assesses Walkers prose oeuvre both in terms of its literary and its activist merits and shortcomings. Ideal for students and scholars alike, this established text remains an essential guide to the work of a key US author as it explains her unique place in contemporary American letters.

Download or read book Women s Issues in Alice Walker s The Color Purple written by Claudia Durst Johnson and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2011-03-16 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling edition presents a collection of essays on issues about women that are depicted in Alice Walker's The Color Purple. The book examines Walker's life and influences and offers readers a series of essays for consideration on topics such as the revision of traditional gender roles and folk art as a means of survival. Readers are also offered contemporary perspectives on topics related to women's issues such as the impact of domestic violence and feminist ideology.

Download or read book Alice Walker s The Color Purple written by Christopher Hubert and published by Research & Education Assoc.. This book was released on 1996 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a guide to reading and understanding "The Color Purple," the story of two African-American sisters told through their letters to each other; featuring an introduction to the novel and its author, historical background, a list of characters, a plot summary, and letter summaries, analyses, and study questions.

Download or read book A Study Guide for Alice Walker s The Color Purple written by Gale, Cengage Learning and published by Gale, Cengage Learning . This book was released on 2015-03-13 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Study Guide for Alice Walker's "The Color Purple," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.

Download or read book Alice Walker written by Harold Bloom and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a biography of author Alice Walker along with critical views of her work.

Download or read book Walker s Runners written by Robert Rayner and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2002-04-22 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toby has always been lazy. When the new principal tries to whip him into shape, will he cooperate?

Download or read book Wild Freedom written by Max Brand and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wild Freedom by Max Brand is two stories about a father and son who go traveling, only for the father to become lost and an outlaw running from two sheriffs. Excerpt: "No seasoned mountaineer would have tried to cross the mountain range encumbered as John Parks was, and with the cloud, streamers blown out stiff from the summits and snapping off little fleecy bits which the wind hurried across the sky. Even in the lowlands, the norther had spread an arctic chill, and the bald heights must be insufferably cold."

Download or read book Alice Walker s The Color Purple written by Kheven LaGrone and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2009 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Color Purple is a tale of personal empowerment which opens with a protagonist Celie who is at the bottom of America's social caste. A poor, black, ugly and uneducated female in the America's Jim Crow South in the first half of the 20th century, she is the victim of constant rape, violence and misogynistic verbal abuse. Celie cannot conceive of an escape from her present condition, and so she learns to be passive and unemotional. But The Color Purple eventually demonstrates how Celie learns to fight back and how she discovers her true sexuality and her unique voice. By the end of the novel, Celie is an empowered, financially-independent entrepreneur/landowner, one who speaks her mind and realizes the desirability of black femaleness while creating a safe space for herself and those she loves. Through a journey of literary criticism, Dialogue: Alice Walker's The Color Purple follows Celie's transformation from victim to hero. Each scholarly essay becomes a step of the journey that paves the way for the development of self and sexual awareness, the beginnings of religious transformation and the creation of nurturing places like home and community.

Download or read book The Book of Mothers written by Carrie Mullins and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Timely and evergreen, engaging and infuriating, personal and universal—a necessary reintroduction to some of fiction's most familiar mothers." —Cecile Richards, bestselling author of Make Trouble and former president of Planned Parenthood This treasure trove for book lovers explores fifteen classic novels with memorable maternal figures, and examines how our cultural notions of motherhood have been shaped by literature. Sweet, supportive, dependable, selfless. Long before she had children of her own, journalist Carrie Mullins knew how mothers should behave. But how? Where did these expectations come from—and, more importantly, are they serving the mothers whose lives they shape? Carrie's suspicion, later crystallized while raising two small children, was that our culture’s idealization of motherhood was not only painfully limiting but harmful, leaving women to cope with impossible standards––standards rarely created by mothers themselves. To discover how we might talk about motherhood in a more realistic, nuanced, and inclusive way, Carrie turned to literature with memorable maternal figures for answers. Moving through the literary canon––from Pride and Prejudice and Little Women to The Great Gatsby, Beloved, Heartburn, and The Joy Luck Club—Carrie traces the origins of our modern mothering experience. By interrogating the influences of politics, economics, feminism, pop culture, and family life in each text, she identifies the factors that have shaped our prevailing views of motherhood, and puts these classics into conversation with the most urgent issues of the day. Who were these literary mothers, beyond their domestic responsibilities and familial demands? And what lessons do they have for us today—if we choose to listen?

Download or read book CliffsNotes on Walker s The Color Purple written by Gloria Rose and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2007-08-13 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. In CliffsNotes on The Color Purple, you follow the beautiful and difficult story of a shy and abused Southern black woman's struggle to create an identity, a feeling of self-worth, and love. Covering a series of personal letters that span a 40-year period, this study guide shares a story about growth, endurance, loyalty, solidarity, and joy -- all nurtured by the strength of love. You'll gain comfort with the black folk language main character Celie's uses to express herself as you move through critical commentaries on each of the novel's 89 letters. Other features that help you figure out this important work include Life and background of the author, Alice Walker Analyses of a large cast of characters Introduction to the novel A review section that tests your knowledge and suggests essay topics A selected bibliography that leads you to more great resources Classic literature or modern-day treasure — you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

Download or read book The Fall and Rise of Kat Walker written by Dr. W. C. Davis and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-10-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BEFORE IT WAS IT was a void of desolation. IT was a wasteland of perpetual shadows. IT was a time of great emptiness. IT was bleakness, which hovered above All else In the guise of an endless gray mist. IT was a time of no living things, until The Lord of All Energies revealed IT. And then, IT ERUPTED! BANG! From the Light came GOOD, From the Shades came EVIL.