Contemporary ยท Novel / essays
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker. A major work by Alice Walker exploring race, gender, family; included for its sustained literary or intellectual influence.
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- Date
- 1982
- Origin
- United States
- Era
- Contemporary
- Genre
- Novel / essays
- Canon tier
- Essential core
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Length
- Medium
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
A major work by Alice Walker exploring race, gender, family; included for its sustained literary or intellectual influence.
This work is included on the basis of expanded / modern canon. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.