Barbara Kingsolver's World: Nature, Art, and the Twenty-First Century

By Linda Wagner-Martin

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1623564468
• ISBN13: 9781623564469
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"