Alice Walker's metaphysics : literature of spirit / Nagueyalti Warren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Warren, Nagueyalti, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Walker, Alice, 1944---Criticism and interpretation.

Walker, Alice.

Walker, Alice, 1944-.

Metaphysics in literature.

Spirituality in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xiii, 205 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]

Summary:

Catapulted to fame in 1982 with the publication of her third novel-the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple-Alice Walker has become one of America's most celebrated and divisive authors. With books such as Meridian and The Third Life of Grange Copeland, Walker's writing has frequently been cited for messages in support of civil rights and feminism. Above all, however, Walker is a spiritual seeker. Her works are dominated by the search for truth, wholeness, and the spirit that connects everyone and everything. In Alice Walker's Metaphysics: Literature of Spirit, Nagueyalti Warren examines the philosophy and worldview present in all of Walker's writing. Warren contends that Walker is a literary theologian, citing the transformative changes that take place in the author's fictional characters. Warren also points to Walker's bravery in approaching taboo subjects, her generosity of spirit, and her love for humanity, which are represented throughout her poems, novels, short stories, children's books, and essays. This analysis is further supplemented by primary sources from Walker's unpublished material, including notes and scrapbooks. By exploring the spirituality evident throughout the author's work, this volume shows how Walker challenges readers to recognize and understand their responsibility to the earth-and to one another. Providing a fresh, accessible look at one of the twentieth century's most prolific women writers, Alice Walker's Metaphysics: Literature of Spirit will appeal to both academics and fans of the author's varied literature.

Contents:

Dark beginnings

Spirit in the dark: the metaphysics of poverty

What we love, we save

Amazing grace

Dear God

Entering the temple

Sexual healing

Opening to spirit

When the other dancer is the self

Mystic Walker.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Warren, Nagueyalti. Alice Walker's metaphysics

ISBN:

9781538123973

1538123975

OCLC:

1049575614

Publisher Number:

40028891602