celia was writing to god in the novel the color purple.
who is celia writing to in the novel the color purple?
god
in the 1970s novelist and poet alice walker wrote a famous essay that brought zora neale hurston and her classic novel "their eyes were watching god" back to the attention of the literary world. in 1982, walker won both the pulitzer prize and the american book award for her novel "the color purple". an epistolary novel (a book written in the form of letters), "the color purple" tells the story of celie, a young woman who is sexually abused by her stepfather and then is forced to marry a man who physically abuses her. the novel was later made into a film by steven spielberg.
african-american literature
tahir, ary s. “gender violence in toni morrison’s the bluest eye and alice walker’s the color purple.” journal of language and literature education, no. 11, 2014, pp. 1–19. literature resource center, doi:10.12973/jlle.11.243.





























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bullet::::- alice walker discusses "the color purple" on the bbc's "world book club"





























bullet::::- new georgia encyclopedia





























bullet::::- photos of the first edition of "the color purple"





























bullet::::- "alice walker on 30th anniv. of "the color purple": racism, violence against women are global issues", from "democracy now!" september 28, 2012.
the color purple