The Third Life of Grange Copeland

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The Third Life of Grange Copeland is Alice Walker’s debut novel, a powerful exploration of racism, poverty, and generational trauma within an African American family in the rural American South.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf debut novel
novel
author Alice Walker
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
exploresIssue economic exploitation
gender oppression
internalized racism
firstEditionFormat print
followedBy Meridian
genre African-American literature
domestic fiction
fiction
social novel
hasCharacter Brownfield Copeland
Mem Copeland
Ruth Copeland
hasInfluenceOn subsequent African-American women’s fiction
hasMainCharacter Grange Copeland
hasNarrativeStructure multi-generational family saga
hasSubject African American sharecroppers
rural Black life in the Jim Crow South
languageStyle realist
literaryMovement African-American literary renaissance of the 1970s
mainTheme family relationships
generational trauma
patriarchy
poverty
racism
sharecropping
violence
mediaType print
narrativeFocus three generations of an African American family
notableFor being Alice Walker's first published novel
originalLanguage English
precededBy none (debut novel)
publicationYear 1970
publisher Harcourt Brace & World
surface form: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
settingCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
settingLocation rural American South
settingTimePeriod early 20th century
tone redemptive
tragic

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Alice Walker notableWork The Third Life of Grange Copeland
Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker notableWork The Third Life of Grange Copeland
Meridian followsInAuthorBibliography The Third Life of Grange Copeland