The Color Purple Annotated Bibliography Essay
Annotated Bibliography – The Color Purple by Alice Walker
"Cultivating Black Lesbian Shamelessness: Alice Walker 's The Color Purple." Literary Points of View . N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Nov. 2013. .
This review has great relevance to my research. It provides a detailed background into the historical aspect of this novel, and what the ideas, themes and issues this book talks about are based off of. This review talks about articulating sexuality and opposing salvation, but also how this book was received by the public when it was first published. The author does a very good job of revealing the hidden aspects of the book, as well as its relevance to that time period, and the problems that were present with black, lesbian women, and the recognition they were failing to receive. It also gives further information on other authors of that generation, and how they were affected by this novel. The author mentions credible sources regarding people, organizations, and groups, such as Barbara Smith, who brought forward the lack of black lesbian representation in U.S. literary criticism, as well as groups such …show more content…
as The Combahee River Collective.
“The Color Purple ." Literary Points of View. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2013. .
This source highlights the fundamental ideas of the novel.
It provides not only a complete overview of the book and brief character list, but a very well done critical evaluation of the story itself. It is relevant to my research, because it gives a better understanding of the novel, as well as deeper analysis of its themes and meaning which will be of good use when looking into the overall message Alice Walker was trying to portray. A weakness this source has is its lack in historical background, regarding the time period and important topics, which will be important when assessing the relevance of this book to that era. Although in some parts it is lacking, the author does a very good job at analyzing and interpreting aspects of the story and explains them in great detail and clarity, making it easy for one to
understand.
"What is the Significance of the book The Color Purple." Humanities 360. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Nov. 2013. .
This article allows a view on the significance of the book, The Color Purple. It explains that the book is one book based on self-discovery; where author Alice Walker takes readers on an emotional voyage of one characters search for courage, self-acceptance, unconditional love, faith, and God. It also analyzes aspects of the novel that are well recognized topics and ideas. This source will be relevant to my research, because it discusses the main points of the story that I will be looking into. Although it will be a very useful source, the author neglects to make relevant connections, keeping her analysis within the text, which could have been beneficial to my research. Despite this flaw, the article is well written, and is different from other informative texts, in that it gives a deeper thought into what “The Color Purple” really means not only as part of the story, but as the title of the book, which is very important when analyzing the text as a whole.
"Cultivating Black Lesbian Shamelessness: Alice Walker 's The Color Purple." Literary Points of View . N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Nov. 2013. .
This review has great relevance to my research. It provides a detailed background into the historical aspect of this novel, and what the ideas, themes and issues this book talks about are based off of. This review talks about articulating sexuality and opposing salvation, but also how this book was received by the public when it was first published. The author does a very good job of revealing the hidden aspects of the book, as well as its relevance to that time period, and the problems that were present with black, lesbian women, and the recognition they were failing to receive. It also gives further information on other authors of that generation, and how they were affected by this novel. The author mentions credible sources regarding people, organizations, and groups, such as Barbara Smith, who brought forward the lack of black lesbian representation in U.S. literary criticism, as well as groups such …show more content…
as The Combahee River Collective.
“The Color Purple ." Literary Points of View. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2013. .
This source highlights the fundamental ideas of the novel.
It provides not only a complete overview of the book and brief character list, but a very well done critical evaluation of the story itself. It is relevant to my research, because it gives a better understanding of the novel, as well as deeper analysis of its themes and meaning which will be of good use when looking into the overall message Alice Walker was trying to portray. A weakness this source has is its lack in historical background, regarding the time period and important topics, which will be important when assessing the relevance of this book to that era. Although in some parts it is lacking, the author does a very good job at analyzing and interpreting aspects of the story and explains them in great detail and clarity, making it easy for one to
understand.
"What is the Significance of the book The Color Purple." Humanities 360. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Nov. 2013. .
This article allows a view on the significance of the book, The Color Purple. It explains that the book is one book based on self-discovery; where author Alice Walker takes readers on an emotional voyage of one characters search for courage, self-acceptance, unconditional love, faith, and God. It also analyzes aspects of the novel that are well recognized topics and ideas. This source will be relevant to my research, because it discusses the main points of the story that I will be looking into. Although it will be a very useful source, the author neglects to make relevant connections, keeping her analysis within the text, which could have been beneficial to my research. Despite this flaw, the article is well written, and is different from other informative texts, in that it gives a deeper thought into what “The Color Purple” really means not only as part of the story, but as the title of the book, which is very important when analyzing the text as a whole.