Seeds of change: critical essays on Barbara Kingsolver
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Knoxville University of Tennessee Press ©2010
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Gardens of auto parts : American western myth and Native American myth in The bean trees / Catherine Himmelwright -- To live deliberately : feminist theory in action in High tide in Tucson / Maureen Meharg Kentoff -- Women, a dark continent : The poisonwood bible as a feminist response to Conrad's Heart of darkness / Héloïse Meire -- Trauma and memory in Animal dreams / Sheryl Stevenson -- "Hemmed in" : place, disability, and maternity in Animal dreams and The poisonwood Bible / Breyan Strickler -- "Give me your hand" : accessibility, commitment, and the challenge of cliché in Kingsolver's poetry / Meagan Evans -- Wild Indians : Kingsolver's representation of native America / Robin Cohen -- The white imagination at work in Pigs in heaven / Jeanne Sokolowski -- Imagined geographies / Kristin J. Jacobson -- Earthbound rhetoric and praxis : authentic patriotism in a time of abstractions / Wes Berry -- Remembering our ecological place : environmental engagement in Kingsolver's nonfiction / Christine Cusick -- Contingency, cultivation, and choice : the garden ethic in Prodigal summer / Priscilla Leder -- Celebrating a lively earth : children, nature, and the role of mentors in Prodigal summer / Susan Hanson -- Together at the table : Animal, vegetable, miracle and Thoreau's Wild fruits / Gioia Woods
Barbara Kingsolver's books have sold millions of copies. The Poisonwood Bible was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and her work is studied in courses ranging from English-as-a-second-language classes to seminars in doctoral programs. Yet, until now, there has been relatively little scholarly analysis of her writings. Seeds of Change: Critical Essays on Barbara Kingsolver, edited by Priscilla V. Leder, is the?rst collection of essays examining the full range of Kingsolver's literary output. The articles in this new volume provide analysis, context, and commentary on all of Kingsolver's novel
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ISBN:1572337192
1572337354
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