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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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Third Life of Grange Copeland canonical | 3 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
debut novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Alice Walker ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| exploresIssue |
economic exploitation
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gender oppression ⓘ internalized racism ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedBy | Meridian ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
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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
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rural Black life in the Jim Crow South ⓘ |
| languageStyle | realist ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | African-American literary renaissance of the 1970s ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
family relationships
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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
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surface form:
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| settingLocation | rural American South ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| tone |
redemptive
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tragic ⓘ |
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