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The American Tradition in Literature, Volume 1 Book Cover
The American Tradition in Literature, Volume 1, 10/e
George Perkins, Eastern Michigan University
Barbara Perkins, University of Toledo-Toledo


Key Concepts

Sula provides an emerging and complex set of characters, caught up in a community without fail-safe settings, where a small girl's ingenuity is all that can protect her from social stigma, isolation, and even possible death. It is a coming of age story set in a frenetic world, infected by poverty and racism.

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