| Barbara Kingsolver's World: Nature, Art, and the Twenty-First Century Contributor(s): Wagner-Martin, Linda (Author) |
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ISBN: 1623564468 ISBN-13: 9781623564469 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2014 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 813.54 |
| LCCN: 2013049296 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.65 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since Barbara Kingsolver published The Bean Trees in 1988, her work has been of great interest to readers--first, American readers; then British and South African readers; and finally to readers the world over. With incredible speed, Kingsolver became one of the best-known United States writers, a person who collected honors and awards as if she were a much more mature literary producer. From the beginning Kingsolver touched an elbow of keen interest in her readers: hers was the voice of world awareness, a conscientious voice that demanded attention for the narratives of the disadvantaged, the politically troubled, the humanly silenced. By paying special attention to her non-fiction (essays and books), this new study by renowned literary critic Linda Wagner-Martin highlights the way Kingsolver has become a kind of public intellectual, particularly in the 21st century. It provides fresh readings of each of her novels, stories, and poems. |