Book Description
Barbara Kingsolver—a writer of fiction, documentary, verse and essay—supports entertaining stories with profound themes of ecological responsibility and defense of human rights. This work is an introduction and overview of the author’s literary achievements, opening with an annotated chronology of Kingsolver’s life, activism, works, and awards, followed by a family tree. The 122 alphabetical entries in the main text provide data and analysis on characters, dates, historical figures and events, allusions, literary motifs, and themes from Kingsolver’s works, combining insights with generous citations from primary and secondary sources. Each entry concludes with a selected bibliography. Appendices include a timeline of events in The Poisonwood Bible, a list of 46 writing and research topics, a bibliography, and a comprehensive index.

About the Author
The prolific and award-winning Mary Ellen Snodgrass lives and writes in Hickory, North Carolina. Her other volumes in The McFarland Literary Companions include Amy Tan (2004) and August Wilson (2004). She is also the author of World Shores and Beaches (2004), World Epidemics (2003), Coins and Currency (2003), Encyclopedia of World Scriptures (2001), and Who’s Who in the Middle Ages (2001), and the coauthor of A Multicultural Dictionary of Literary Terms (1999, with Gary Carey).

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This work is an introduction to and overview of Kingsolver's work, opening with an annotated chronology of her life, activism, writings and awards, which is followed by a family tree. The 122 encyclopedic entries describe and analyze characters, dates, historical figures and events, allusions, literary motifs, and themes from Kingsolver's works, combining insights with generous citations from primary and secondary sources. Each entry ends with a selected bibliography. Appendices include a timeline of events in The Poisonwood Bible and a list of 46 writing and research topics. The book concludes with a comprehensive bibliography and index.

SYNOPSIS

Barbara Kingsolver-a writer of fiction, documentary, verse and essay-supports entertaining stories with profound themes of ecological responsibility and defense of human rights.

This work is an introduction and overview of the author's literary achievements, opening with an annotated chronology of Kingsolver's life, activism, works, and awards, followed by a family tree. The 122 alphabetical entries in the main text provide data and analysis on characters, dates, historical figures and events, allusions, literary motifs, and themes from Kingsolver's works, combining insights with generous citations from primary and secondary sources. Each entry concludes with a selected bibliography. Appendices include a timeline of events in The Poisonwood Bible, a list of 46 writing and research topics, a bibliography, and a comprehensive index.

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