Barbara Kingsolver

Introducing readers to Kingsolver, the author devotes a chapter to her life and work showing how the two are deeply intertwined. The text subsequently analyzes each novel in terms of plot and character development, thematic content, symbolism, and the importance of place and language.

MARY JEAN DEMARR is Professsor Emerita of English and Women's Studies at Indiana State University. She is the author of Colleen McCullough (Greenwood, 1996) and the coauthor of Adolescent Female Portraits in the American Novel 1961-1981 (1983) and The Adolescent in the American Novel Since 1960 (1986).