Alice Walker's Metaphysics: Literature of Spirit - Paperback

by Nagueyalti Warren (Author)

Drawing on poetry, novels, short stories, children's books, and essays, Nagueyalti Warren explores the spiritual aesthetic that informs Alice Walker's creative output. This book contends that Walker instills metaphysical elements throughout her writing, including the Pulitzer-prize winning novel The Color Purple.

Author Biography

Nagueyalti Warren, PhD, is a professor in the Department of African American Studies at Emory University, where she has taught literature and a seminar on the works of Alice Walker for thirty years. She is the editor of Temba Tupu (Walking Naked): Africana Women's Poetic Self-Portrait (2005) and Critical Insights: Alice Walker (2012). In addition to works of poetry--including Margaret, A Persona Poem (2008)--Warren is the author of W. E. B. Du Bois: Grandfather of Black Studies (2011).