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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-100313306389

ISBN-139780313306389

eBay Product ID (ePID)829564

Product Key Features

Number of Pages176 Pages

Publication NameBarbara Kingsolver : a Critical Companion

LanguageEnglish

SubjectWomen Authors, General, American / General

Publication Year1999

TypeTextbook

AuthorMary J. Demarr

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism

SeriesCritical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight14.9 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN98-055347

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"This useful guide to the works of Barbara Kingsolver treats her life, political and social interests, and her career as a novelist, journalist, essayist, and writer of both short fiction and poetry.... DeMarr's treatment of Kingsolver's work is admirably balanced and lucid." Choice, "This useful guide to the works of Barbara Kingsolver treats her life, political and social interests, and her career as a novelist, journalist, essayist, and writer of both short fiction and poetry.... DeMarr's treatment of Kingsolver's work is admirably balanced and lucid."- Choice

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal813/.54

Table Of ContentBarbara Kingsolver: Life and Works Politics and Genres The Bean Trees Animal Dreams Pigs in Heaven The Poisonwood Bible Bibliography Index

SynopsisA comprehensive treatment of Barbara Kingsolver's writings covering her four bestselling novels, including her most recent work The Poisonwood Bible., Barbara Kingsolver wears the feminist mantle with joyful pride, and her spirited embrace of political themes is contagious. Responding to richly-drawn heroines along their journeys to do right by family and community, readers embrace Kingsolver's political novels, making them bestsellers. From the haunting Arizona landscape of Kingsolver's early trilogy of novels, to the lush African jungle that sets the scene in her latest, The Poisonwood Bible , Kingsolver weaves colorful tapestries with vivid prose, exceptional intelligence, and unexpected humor. DeMarr's comprehensive treatment covers not only Kingsolver's four novels, each with its own chapter, but also discusses with considerable insight her background as a feminist, as a journalist, and, most importantly, as a humanist. Introducing readers to Kingsolver, DeMarr devotes a chapter to her life and work, showing how the two are deeply intertwined. While Kingsolver's writing is never strictly autobiographical, the well-researched section on politics and genre discusses how experiences in Kingsolver's own life and in her work as a political journalist have influenced her fiction writing. In addition to the celebrated novels that readers have come to love: The Bean Trees , Pigs in Heaven , Animal Dreams , and The Poisonwood Bible , as well as the poems and short stories, DeMarr covers the nonfiction: the essays and political writings. A full chapter analyzes each novel in terms of plot and character development, thematic content, symbolism, and the importance of place and language. Students and fans of Kingsolver will find this work, including its well-organized bibliography, accessible and interesting.

LC Classification NumberPS3561