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Monarch Notes, 20050229 by Walker, Alice
Walker, Alice Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Critics Respond To The Novel The Color Purple The critical response to the novel The Color Purple has gone through many phases; reviews that were written immediately after its publication (1982-83); reviews that followed its being awarded the Pulitzer (1983 on); and assessments done in comparison to the film (1986 on).
Also, there has been a steady stream of scholarly analyses of the novel, indicating its importance in American Literature. Not since the publication of Richard Wright's Native Son, in 1941, have there been such vociferous and varied responses to an Afro-American novel from black as well as white American society. The Color Purple was published in June 1982. Its release was heralded by Gloria...
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