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CliffsNotes on Walker's the Color Purple

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ISBN-10: 0822003082

ISBN-13: 9780822003083

Edition: 1986

Authors: Gloria Rose, Cliffs Notes Staff, James L. Roberts

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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…    
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Book details

List price: $8.95
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 5/15/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 80
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.198
Language: English

A Fullbright scholar at the University of Vienna, JAMES L. ROBERTS was Professor Emeritus at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He taught extensively at major universities throughout the world.

Brief Life of the Author
List of Characters
Introduction to the Novel
Critical Commentaries
Character Analyses
Suggested Ideas for Essays
Selected Bibliography