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Conversations With Gloria Naylor
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Author : Gloria Naylor
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2004
Conversations With Gloria Naylor written by Gloria Naylor and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Literary Collections categories.
Collected interviews with the author of The Women of Brewster Place, The Men of Brewster Place, and Linden Hills
The Fiction Of Gloria Naylor
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Author : Maxine Lavon Montgomery
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Release Date : 2010-11-26
The Fiction Of Gloria Naylor written by Maxine Lavon Montgomery and has been published by Univ. of Tennessee Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Fiction of Gloria Naylor is one of the very first critical studies of this acclaimed writer. Including an insightful interview with Naylor and focusing on her first four novels, the book situates various acts of insurgency throughout her work within a larger framework of African American opposition to hegemonic authority. But what truly distinguishes this volume is its engagement with African American vernacular forms and twentieth-century political movements. In her provocative analysis, Maxine Lavon Montgomery argues that Naylor constantly attempts to reconfigure the home and homespace to be more conducive to black self-actualization, thus providing a stark contrast to a dominant white patriarchy evident in a broader public sphere. Employing a postcolonial and feminist theoretical framework to analyze Naylor’s evolving body of work, Montgomery pays particular attention to black slave historiography, tales of conjure, trickster lore, and oral devices involving masking, word play, and code-switching—the vernacular strategies that have catapulted Naylor to the vanguard of contemporary African American letters. Montgomery argues for the existence of home as a place that is not exclusively architectural or geographic in nature. She posits that in Naylor’s writings, home exists as an intermediate space embedded in cultural memory and encoded in the vernacular. Home closely resembles a highly symbolic, signifying system bound with vexed issues of racial sovereignty as well as literary authority. Through a reinscription of the subversive, frequently clandestine acts of resistance on the part of the border subject—those outside the dominant culture—Naylor recasts space in such a way as to undermine reader expectation and destabilize established models of dominance, influence, and control. Thoroughly researched and sophisticated in its approach, The Fiction of Gloria Naylor will be essential reading for scholars and students of African American, American, and Africana Literary and Cultural studies.
The Women Of Brewster Place
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Author : Gloria Naylor
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2005-06-28
The Women Of Brewster Place written by Gloria Naylor and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-28 with Fiction categories.
The National Book Award-winning novel—and contemporary classic—that launched the brilliant career of Gloria Naylor “[A] shrewd and lyrical portrayal of many of the realities of black life . . . Miss Naylor bravely risks sentimentality and melodrama to write her compassion and outrage large, and she pulls it off triumphantly.” —The New York Times Book Review This e-book includes a foreword by Tayari Jones. In her heralded first novel, Gloria Naylor weaves together the stories of seven women living in Brewster Place, a bleak-inner city sanctuary, creating a powerful, moving portrait of the strengths, struggles, and hopes of black women in America. Vulnerable and resilient, openhanded and openhearted, these women forge their lives in a place that in turn threatens and protects—a common prison and a shared home. Naylor renders both loving and painful human experiences with simple eloquence and uncommon intuition. Adapted into a 1989 ABC miniseries starring Oprah Winfrey, The Women of Brewster Place is a touching and unforgettable read.
The Novels Of Gloria Naylor
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Author : Gloria Naylor
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2018-04-17
The Novels Of Gloria Naylor written by Gloria Naylor and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-17 with Fiction categories.
Three lyrical and unforgettable novels from the National Book Award–winning author of The Women of Brewster Place. After winning both the National Book Award and the American Book Award for her now iconic debut novel, The Women of Brewster Place, which was later made into a TV miniseries starring Oprah Winfrey, Gloria Naylor continued to garner acclaim as one of the most original voices in twentieth-century American literature with novels such as Mama Day, Linden Hills, and Bailey’s Cafe. Mama Day: On Willow Springs, an island off the coast between Georgia and South Carolina, superstition is more potent than any trappings of the modern world. Here, the formidable Mama Day uses her powers to heal. But her great-niece, Cocoa, can’t wait to escape to New York City. When Cocoa returns to the island with her husband, George, darker forces challenge the couple—and their only hope may be the mystical matriarch. Steeped in the folklore of the South and inspired by Shakespeare, Mama Day is one of Naylor’s “richest and most complex” novels (Providence Journal). “[A] wonderful novel, full of spirit and sass and wisdom, and completely realized.” —The Washington Post Linden Hills: For its wealthy African American residents, the exclusive neighborhood of Linden Hills is a symbol of making it. But what happens when the dream of material success turns out to be an empty promise? Using Dante’s Inferno as a model, Naylor reveals the true cost of success for the lost souls of Linden Hills—a hell of their own making. “Every page contains a brilliant insight, a fine description, some petty and human, some grandiloquent.” —Chicago Tribune Bailey’s Cafe: This “moving and memorable” national bestseller is set in post–World War II Brooklyn, on a quiet backstreet, where Bailey’s Cafe serves as a crossroads for a broad range of patrons, a place of limbo for tortured souls before they move on—or check out (Boston Globe). “A virtuoso orchestration of survival, suffering, courage and humor.” —The New York Times Book Review
Linden Hills
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Author : Gloria Naylor
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2017-03-14
Linden Hills written by Gloria Naylor and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-14 with Fiction categories.
The National Book Award–winning author of The Women of Brewster Place explores the secrets of an affluent black community. For its wealthy African American residents, the exclusive neighborhood of Linden Hills is a symbol of “making it.” The ultimate achievement: a home on prestigious Tupelo Drive. Making your way downhill to Tupelo is irrefutable proof of your worth. But the farther down the hill you go, the emptier you become . . . Using the descent of Dante’s Inferno as a model, this bold, haunting novel follows two young men as they attempt to find work amid the circles of the well-off community. Exploring a microcosm of race and social class, author Gloria Naylor reveals the true cost of success for the lost souls of Linden Hills—an existence trapped in a nightmare of their own making.
Gloria Naylor S Fiction
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Author : Sharon A. Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2017-11-06
Gloria Naylor S Fiction written by Sharon A. Lewis and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-06 with Social Science categories.
This edited volume offers innovative ways of analyzing economics in Gloria Naylor’s fiction, using interpretive strategies which are applicable to the entire tradition of African American literature. The writers gathered here embody years of insightful and vigorous Naylor scholarship. Underpinning each of the essays is a celebratory validation that Naylor is one of the most provocative novelists of our time.
Bailey S Cafe
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Author : Gloria Naylor
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2017-03-14
Bailey S Cafe written by Gloria Naylor and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-14 with Fiction categories.
A “moving and memorable” novel about a cafe where everyone has a story to tell from the award-winning author of The Women of Brewster Place (The Boston Globe). In post–World War II Brooklyn, on a quiet backstreet, there’s a little place that draws people from all over—not for the food, and definitely not for the coffee. An in-between place that’s only there when you need it, Bailey’s Cafe is a crossroads where patrons stay for a while before making a choice: Move on or check out? In this novel, National Book Award–winning author Gloria Naylor’s expertly crafted characters experience a journey full of beauty and heartbreak. Touching on gender, race, and the African American experience, Bailey’s Cafe is “a sublime achievement” about the resilience of the human spirit (People).
Gloria Naylor S Early Novels
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Author : Margot Anne Kelley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Gloria Naylor S Early Novels written by Margot Anne Kelley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Literary Criticism categories.
"An outstanding study of Naylor's work! It offers the quality and intensity of scholarship that her work deserves, and it is a significant addition to the body of scholarship that her work has inspired. Its ideas are large, but its language is accessible. . . . All of Naylor's fans will herald its presence."--Joyce Pettis, North Carolina State University These essays about the important contemporary African-American novelist Gloria Naylor explore themes of race, class, domesticity, and sexual identity--the complex issues that contribute to Naylor's popularity with the general public as well as to her importance in the academy. They show how her novels function individually and how the first four--The Women of Brewster Place (1982), Linden Hills (1985), Bailey's Caf� (1992), and Mama Day (1993)--work together as a quartet. The essays illuminate Naylor's vision of a universe that is rich, complicated, and fraught with possibility and impossibility--a world in which "everything got four sides . . . [and] all of it is the truth." Contents Introduction: "Everything Got Four Sides" 1. Gloria Naylor's Poetics of Emancipation: Emerging Impossibilities in Bailey's Caf�, by Karen Schneider 2. Women's Screams and Women's Laughter: Connections and Creations in Gloria Naylor's Novels, by Jenny Brantley 3. "Weapons Against Women": Compulsory Heterosexuality and Capitalism in Linden Hills, by Kimberly A. Costino 4. Good Housekeeping: Domestic Ritual in Gloria Naylor's Fiction, by Maxine Lavon Montgomery 5. Metaphor and Maternity in Mama Day, by Amy K. Levin 6. Africana Womanist Revision in Gloria Naylor's Mama Day and Bailey's Caf�, by Dorothy Perry Thompson 7. "Into the Midst of Nothing": Gloria Naylor and the DiffJrance, by Philip Page 8. Framing the Possibilities: Collective Agency and the Novels of Gloria Naylor, by Margot Anne Kelley Margot Anne Kelley is associate professor of English at Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania. She is the author of several articles and book chapters on African-American women's literature and on Latina literature.
Gloria Naylor
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Gloria Naylor written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with African American women in literature categories.
Understanding Gloria Naylor
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Author : Margaret Earley Whitt
language : en
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Release Date : 1999
Understanding Gloria Naylor written by Margaret Earley Whitt and has been published by Univ of South Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Literary Criticism categories.
Whitt discloses how Naylor tells the stories of these women on multiple levels and how she helps readers see that all heroines live a life of significance."--BOOK JACKET. "Tracing Naylor's development of the theme of black community, especially among women, Whitt shows how characters move from poverty and isolation to a place where they transcend the racism and sexism that constrict their lives."--BOOK JACKET.