The Third Life of Grange Copeland (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Alice Walker
- First Published: 1970
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Family literature
- Subjects: African Americans, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Racism, Suicide, Murder or homicide, Twentieth century, New York City, Domestic violence, Georgia, Farms, farmers, or farming
- Locales: New York, NY, Georgia
The Third Life of Grange Copeland, Walker's first novel, is the chronological story of three generations of a black sharecropping family in the South. The novel addresses several issues that occupy Walker's career: the abuse of black women by their husbands and fathers, the Civil Rights movement, and the necessities of self-reliance and moral responsibility.
Grange Copeland begins his married life with Margaret as an optimistic sharecropper. By the time their son Brownfield is born, however, the white landowner's exploitation of Grange's labor, resulting in irreversible...
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