The Color Purple (novel)

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epistolary novel novel

The Color Purple is a Pulitzer Prize–winning epistolary novel by Alice Walker that follows the life, struggles, and spiritual awakening of an African American woman in the early 20th-century American South.

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The Color Purple 13
The Color Purple (novel) canonical 5
The Color Purple (1982 novel) 2

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novel ⓘ
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surface form: The Color Purple (1985 film)

The Color Purple (2023 film) ⓘ
The Color Purple (Broadway revival) ⓘ
surface form: The Color Purple (musical)
author Alice Walker ⓘ
awarded National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
awardYear 1983 ⓘ
bannedOrChallengedIn United States schools ⓘ
controversy challenges in schools and libraries ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstEditionFormat print ⓘ
genre African-American literature ⓘ
bildungsroman ⓘ
epistolary fiction ⓘ
feminist literature ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ
hasInfluenced African-American literature ⓘ
feminist literature ⓘ
ISBN 978-0-15-119154-3 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Black feminism ⓘ
womanism ⓘ
mainCharacter Celie Johnson ⓘ
surface form: Celie

Mister ⓘ
Nettie ⓘ
Shug Avery ⓘ
narrativeForm letters ⓘ
narrator Celie Johnson ⓘ
surface form: Celie
notableFor portrayal of Black women’s resilience ⓘ
use of African-American Vernacular English ⓘ
publicationYear 1982 ⓘ
publisher Harcourt Brace & World ⓘ
surface form: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
settingCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
settingLocation Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South
settingTimePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
subject African-American women ⓘ
domestic violence ⓘ
lesbian relationships ⓘ
racism ⓘ
sexism ⓘ
sisterhood ⓘ
spiritual awakening ⓘ

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Alice Walker → notableWork → The Color Purple (novel) ⓘ
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Celie Johnson → appearsIn → The Color Purple (novel) ⓘ
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